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    I was in the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 15, reading the Parable of the Lost Son, also known as the Prodigal Son.   It’s a passage I’ve read a million times. I’ve analyzed it time and again, from every angle.   I recognize the father who welcomes home the son who spent all his inheritance, as our Father in heaven.   I love how the father runs out to meet his son, embraces him and kisses him, even though the son didn’t deserve it.   The father throws him a party as he celebrates his return. I am confident that every time one of God’s own children turns back to him, he likewise meets him (or her) without hesitation.   No groveling needed.   No begging necessary.   Just pure rejoicing in the return of one who has gone astray. Interestingly, it wasn’t until the younger son had squandered away all of his inheritance and found himself hungry, that he began his journey back home, seeking out his father.  Scripture tells us that he had been “dead” and came back to life again; he was lo

I've been listening to Vatican News coverage of the Pope's trip to Iraq.... ...Watching, too. All 53 minutes and 42 seconds of that video. I'd have preferred seeing more of the medal presented to Iraqi authorities. And the speeches were pretty much what I expected: reviews of past events, current situations and future hopes. That drama deficit.... More at A Catholic Citizen in America .

    Blanca nos invita, en este Dia de la Mujer , a valorar lo que nos han dado nuestras madres y abuelas a traves de gneraciones. Pero también nos hace consciencia de que las mujeres podemos mejorar algunas de esas herencias y transformar las que pueden destruir o herir.  Por Blanca Ahumada Otero

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I'd started writing about soliloquies in Marlowe's "Dr. Faustus...." That reminded me of film noir and the Gunpowder Plot. So today I'll be discussing Christopher Marlowe, but mostly his era: Elizabethan England. Along with European politics and whatever else comes to mind.... More at A Catholic Citizen in America .

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  C hrist Driving the Money-changers from the Temple   Rembrandt [ Web Gallery of Art ] Readings   (Jerusalem Bible: Australia, England & Wales, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland) Readings   (New American Bible: Philippines, USA) Gospel  John 2:13-25 ( English Standard Version Anglicised: India) The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade.” His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I

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A winter storm was moving across North America a couple weeks back. By February 15, when The Texas Tribune posted Miguel Gutierrez Jr.'s photo of Austin's Interstate 35 near Stassney Lane, we were dealing with sub-zero (Fahrenheit) temperatures and serious windchill. And, for the most part, dealing successfully. I live in central Minnesota. The mid-February storm included temperatures that were unusually cold, compared to the last 50 years. More at A Catholic Citizen in America .