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Lectionary Reflection for January 25, 2008
Readings: Jonah 3:1-5, 10 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Mark 1:14-20 Thoughts for Your Consideration: For many of us change is a very challenging concept. Change is usually unexpected, sometimes change can be positive, other times it is negative, but almost all the time it throws us off. It is a basic aspect of human nature to ... Read more
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A New Era of Responsibility
As I listened to Barack Obama’s inauguration speech I began to reflect on the theme of Hope. During the presidential campaign Obama ran on a platform based on hope and change. Coincidently, in 2007, Pope Benedict XVI offered his most recent Encyclical on the theme of hope. In this document Pope Benedict places considerable attention ... Read more