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When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” When Jesus heard this, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I have…

What do we want the Church to do? We don’t ask for more cathedrals. We don’t ask for bigger churches of fine gifts. We ask for its presence with us, beside us, as Christ among us. We ask the Church to sacrifice with the people for social change, for justice, and for love of brother.…

The latest news on Iraq, nuclear weapons in the mideast, the congressional budget, Annan’s farewell, Darfur, faith and sexuality, Iran, minimum wage in Ohio, Pinochet, and Carter and the mideast. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Iraq. Bush gathers ideas on Iraq – “Launching a highly visible…

Norman Kember, Harmeet Singh Sooden, and James Loney, the three Christian Peacemaker Team members held by Iraqi militants for 118 days last year have responded to the arrest and trial of their captors much in the way anyone familiar with their organization would expect – with unconditional forgiveness and an unequivocal condemnation of violence as…

O Lord, you will hear the desire of the meek; you will strengthen their heart, you will incline your ear to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed, so that those from earth may strike terror no more. – Psalms 10:17-18 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via…

Jesus does not need books or learned men to instruct souls. He, the Doctor of doctors, teaches without noise of words. I have never heard Him speak, but I know that He is within me. – Saint Therese of LisieuxFrom “The Little Way for Every Day: Thoughts from Therese of Lisieux.”+ Sign up to receive…

The latest news on Congress, Iraq, Darfur, capital punishment, poverty and gender, Afghanistan, politics, forgiveness, religion, passings, and select editorials and op-eds. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Congress. GOP Laments Mixed Results As Control of Congress Ends – “Demoralized Republicans adjourned the 109th Congress with a…

Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with malice, and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. – Ephesians 4:31-32 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction….The chain reaction of evil – hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars – must be broken, or we shall…

Prayer has a life of its own. If we could define it today, that definition would have moved and changed by tomorrow. Prayer is a living relationship that can never be pinned down and analyzed; prayer is a breath of the soul that has passed before we can seize hold of it; prayer is a…
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