Preaching the news

9 Nov 2014

Preaching the News for Sunday

Will politicos elect to cooperate? | O Jerusalem! | Separatist elections pain Ukraine | New York’s pillar of resilience is open for business

Will politicos elect to cooperate?

In this Sunday’s gospel we hear how Jesus overturned tables and drove the money-changers out of the temple area. On Tuesday voters overturned the Senate’s political makeup and drove many an incumbent out ...

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O Jerusalem!

The reading from the Letter of Ezekiel describes a Jerusalem in which an angel brings the prophet “back to the entrance of the temple,” while Jesus reminds the people of Jerusalem in this Sunday’s gospel that he is the living temple. The parents of an American child born in Jerusalem want his passport to say he was born ...

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Separatist elections pain Ukraine

The psalmist this Sunday speaks of how God’s city is secure and its living waters cheer the inhabitants. Rebel separatists, in secure control of key Russian-speaking cities of eastern Ukraine, cheered the results of rogue elections ...

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New York’s pillar of resilience is open for business

In this Sunday’s second reading, Saint Paul reminds the community at Corinth that “you are God’s building” and that “like a wise master builder I laid a foundation … namely, Jesus Christ.” More than 13 years after a terrorist attack destroyed the twin towers, the first employees ...

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Quote of the week

“When we read about creation in Genesis, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able to do everything. But that is not so.”

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Fact of the week

Fifty-eight percent of those who say they attend worship services once a week or more voted Republican this year.

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