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In this Sunday’s gospel Jesus praises John the Baptist as the model of a great prophet and messenger of God, saying that “among those born of women there has been none . . .
This Sunday’s Advent readings are all about patience: the kind the farmer needs waiting for the precious fruits of the earth, the kind the prophets exhibited while . . .
“Make your hearts firm,” counsels the author of the second reading this Sunday; “do not complain, brothers and sisters, about one another.” Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress are . . .
The prophet Isaiah promises in the first reading this Sunday that with the coming of the Lord “hands that are feeble” will be strengthened, “knees that are weak” made firm, “the eyes . . .
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
Acording to a new study by 15 climate scientists, the United States may be emitting 50 percent more of the potent greenhouse gas methane than previous estimates, including those of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.