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Understand the Word
Jeremiah 3 and Matthew 13: Jesus explains his own parable of the sower and leaves one question with us. Which soil are…
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The Harm You Cannot Aim: The Church and the Threat to Strike Iran’s Nuclear Sites
The US plans a strike near an Iranian enrichment site. The Church accepts self-defense, and asks what a nation may do when…
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Why We Dig Broken Wells
Jeremiah 2 and Matthew 13 for Saint Bridget of Sweden: why we leave the fountain of living waters to dig cisterns that…
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She Stayed at the Tomb
Song of Songs 3 and John 20 for Saint Mary Magdalene: everyone else went home, and the one who stayed at the…
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Only God Forgives Like This
Micah 7 and Matthew 12: the prophet whose name asks “who is like God?” answers with mercy, the one thing no rival…
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Give God What He Actually Wants
Micah 6 and Matthew 12: we keep accounts with God, and Micah answers with three things no ledger holds. Do justice, love…
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Sixteen Names and One Still Missing: What a Nation Owes the Soldiers It Sends
Two American service members were killed in Jordan and a third is missing. What the Church teaches a nation owes the soldiers…
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The Strength to Be Gentle
Wisdom 12 and Matthew 13: God’s patience with the weeds is a sign of his power, and the parable asks what we…
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When the Water Becomes a Weapon: The Gulf, a Bombed Desalination Plant, and the Right to Live
An Iranian missile hit a Kuwaiti power and water plant. What the Church teaches about striking the things people need simply to…
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A Bruised Reed He Will Not Break
Micah 2 and Matthew 12 for Saint Camillus de Lellis: the powerful scheme to crush, and Jesus uses his power to spare…