Preaching the news

22 Feb 2009

Preaching the News for Sunday

Let bygones be gone | Health benefits in critical condition | Two ships not quite passing in the night | But a distant memory? | Ex-con job

Let bygones be gone

Detroit automakers, who have admitted to poor management practices in the past, filed restructuring plans this week in hopes that the U.S. Congress—and U.S. consumers—will “remember not the events of the past” and give them more money to avoid bankruptcy. ...

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Health benefits in critical condition

In this Sunday's readings Jesus cures a paralytic and the psalmist promises that the Lord will help those on a sickbed, but in many areas of the country retiring state or local government employees may be in for a shock when it comes to medical benefits. ...

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Two ships not quite passing in the night

"We have never seen anything like this," say the astounded onlookers when Jesus heals a paralyzed man in this Sunday's gospel. Surprised military leaders were scrambling this week to explain how and why two British and French nuclear-powered submarines ...

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But a distant memory?

In this Sunday's reading from the Book of Isaiah, the Lord tells the people of Israel: "Remember not the events of the past." When it comes to past unpleasant events, however, research suggests that bad memories linger longer than pleasant ones. ...

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Ex-con job

Jesus is the "yes" to all that God promises humanity, we learn in the reading from Second Corinthians this Sunday. Homeboy Industries, a nonprofit job-training program started by a Jesuit priest for ex-convicts in East Los Angeles, is the "yes" former prisoners need to hear ...

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Quote of the week

"Mr. Burris' story has more twists than the Chicago El, and none of them good."

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Fact of the week

U.S. stock markets finished their worst January in history, with the Dow Jones average falling 8.8 percent, while Hollywood had its first billion-dollar January in history, taking in $1.03 billion.

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