Jesus tells us in today’s Gospel to be watchful and alert. While Our Lord was speaking primarily about the coming of the Parousia, His warning can also be applied to the ever-growing variety of attacks upon the dignity of the human person.
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We have each been given gifts for which we will be called to account. The greatest of our gifts is our own vocation, and we are called to live this faithfully: priests are called to be diligent pastors to their parishioners; parents, loving and faithful guardians of their children. We may be afraid of failing in our duties; afraid of the responsibility our vocations require, but we cannot allow fear to prevent us from achieving fulfillment in our vocation
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In the passage from Exodus, one of the social laws which people must observe is the care of “aliens”, widows, and orphans. Another word for “alien” is immigrant.
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