The readings of today shift our focus away from good and evil in abstract terms to looking at its practical aspects.

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Those who have God have everything; those without Him, even if they have everything else, have nothing. In God alone, we live a whole life.

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The greatest challenge before us in the secular world is to be evangelically correct, not politically correct.

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We must stop looking at God’s law as oppressive. When we accept it with understanding and love, it is healing.

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Being the light and salt of the world means exerting a transformative influence on the world around us.

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Happiness has gradually assumed a newfangled meaning and the idea of salvation has lost its meaning as our world is increasingly controlled by dark forces.

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Church leaders and the faithful must not only proclaim but also show through their actions that Christ is King.

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The feast also connects to the biblical idea that the church building symbolises the people themselves, and each believer is a ‘house of God’ where the Holy Spirit dwells.

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God does not take the fun but the sin out of our situation! He has given us the Scriptures and the Commandments as our guide, and the Sacraments as our strength, helping us to stay within the lines.

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It may seem like Jesus is commending the dishonest steward, but it is not the steward’s expediency but his decisiveness that Jesus extols.

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