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Priest Becomes Savior in Foreclosure Crisis

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From Thelma Gutierrez CNN PACOIMA, California --Father John Lasseigne has never owned a home, but he's become one of the key saviors for those who face losing their house. As banks move in to take over homes in foreclosure, this priest is stepping in to stop them. Father John Lasseigne has led the charge. "We have to respond," he says. "When I first arrived in the church, at the end of Mass, a family came to speak with me and said, 'Father, would you pray for us? We are about to lose our home,' " Lasseigne said. "Suddenly, the crisis became very real and personal for me." Lasseigne is the priest of Mary Immaculate Catholic Church in the Southern California community of Pacoima, where one in every nine homes is in some stage of foreclosure. He says the people in this community were targeted by predatory lenders and given loans they never should have qualified for. "Many of them were lured into taking out mortgages that had very small intere

Climb Every Mountain

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From the Sound of Music Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein A New Beginning http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/climbev.htm Climb every mountain, search high and low Follow every byway, every path you know. Climb every mountain, ford every stream, Follow every rainbow, 'til you find your dream! A dream that will needall the love you can give, Every day of your lifefor as long as you live. Climb every mountain, ford every stream, Follow every rainbow, 'til you find your dream! God is Love 1John 4:16