The Egyptian people have endured some harsh experiences in the past week as they have risen up with a purpose that echoes the instruction in this Sunday’s first reading to “remove from your midst oppression” . . .

The just person is steadfast and has no fear, the psalmist tells us this Sunday. A winter storm larger than many states have seen in decades churned through the central U.S.this week with a potentially deadly mix of snow, sleet, wind, and ice. . . .

“Your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds,” Jesus instructs his disciples in this Sunday’s gospel. In the hope that a good deed done today might help ensure that a past evil is never repeated, a large delegation of Muslim dignitaries visited the Auschwitz concentration camp . . .

Saint Paul’s impact on the early church at Corinth was felt by the power of his witness and his actions more than by “sublimity of words or of wisdom,” he himself tells us in this Sunday’s second reading. Revered retired Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia of Chiapas, Mexico who died Tuesday at the age of 86 is remembered not only for his words but also for his courageous actions . . .

“They want us to leave and seed discord between the Jewish and Muslim communities who have long lived in harmony.”

WikiLeaks has put online only 1 percent of the 251,287 secret diplomatic cables it has obtained, a collection six newspapers also possess but have not yet published.