Preaching the news

21 Jun 2009

Preaching the News for Sunday

Iranians elect to protest | A prescription for health-care reform | Treacherous human trafficking condemned | Time to shore up financial regulations | Unlimited Internet access, limited family time

Iranians elect to protest

In this Sunday's first reading the Lord addresses Job out of a storm. In response to a storm of protest, Iran's supreme leader reversed course this week and ordered an investigation into allegations of election fraud in last Friday's presidential election. ...

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A prescription for health-care reform

"Whoever is in Christ is a new creation," the author of Second Corinthians confidently proclaims this Sunday. President Barack Obama took his case for creating a new system of health-care coverage ...

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Treacherous human trafficking condemned

This Sunday's gospel describes a perilous journey by boat that threatens the lives of the disciples until Jesus intervenes. The U.S. State Department, which Tuesday released its Annual Trafficking in Persons Report, ...

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Time to shore up financial regulations

This Sunday's psalm evokes images of distressed mariners crying out for rescue as they sink to the depths. President Barack Obama Wednesday unveiled a plan to bolster the U.S. financial regulatory system ...

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Unlimited Internet access, limited family time

The Lord "set limits" on the sea at the time of creation, we hear in this Sunday's reading from the Book of Job. Families will need to set limits on the amount of time they spend online ...

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Quote of the week

"Never before in history has a large community like this been savaged by bombs and missiles and then been deprived of the means to repair itself."

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Fact of the week

Forty-seven percent of Harvard graduates took jobs in finance and consulting in 2007. This year only 20 percent will do so, with more graduates looking for jobs in education and health care.

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