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Introduction
by the Celebrant
A. Proclaiming Liberty To Captives In
church we often hear the words "salvation" or "redemption."
These technical words sound difficult and remote. Jesus, whose name means
"God saves," tells us today what this "saving" means: He
came to bring us freedom and liberation from all that alienates us from God and
people and to make us capable of liberating one another. Indeed we are created
and born to be free. That is the Good News he brings us. Let Jesus here among
us make us free sons and daughters of God.