Moses then convoked the whole Israelite community and said to them: These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do: On six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on it shall be…

Blinded this world— how few see clearly! Just as birds who’ve escaped from a net are few, few are the people who make it to heaven. -Dhammapada 13, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. –John 15:18-19 (Revised Standard Version)

<a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="javascript:avPlayer('http://websrvr40nj.audiovideoweb.com/avwebdsnjwebsrvr4453/lentlectionary/2_24_08.mp3','Beliefnet presents today\'s lectionary reading from theUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishops’,’/imgs/avplayer/player_bibleaudiofeed.jpg’,’320′,’240′);”>Hear Today’s Lectionary Reading Reading I: Exodus 17:3-7 Responsorial Psalm: 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 Reading II: Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 Gospel Reading: John 4:5-42 or 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42 To read the text for today’s reading, please click here. All audio of the…

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