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The first reading this Sunday contains a warning from the Lord to leaders not to mislead the people and promises that “Israel shall dwell in security.” President Obama Wednesday . . .
In this Sunday’s gospel, Jesus saw the confusion of the people and “began to teach them many things.” We live in the internet age, and those without resources to get online suffer a serious learning . . .
God is the good shepherd who leads us safely through the darkest part of our path, the psalmist informs us this Sunday. As Greece struggles to pay off its huge debts without crushing its people . . .
The reading from the Letter to the Ephesians teaches that Christ, by his radical self-sacrifice, abolished “the law with its commandments and legal claims.” Alas, when it comes to paying our taxes, those legal claims remain in force . . .
“Peace is not the product of terror or fear. . . . peace is generosity. It is a right and it is a duty.”