Interestingly, the First Reading is the only passage in the Old Testament that refers to a Gentile ruler as the Lord’s “anointed”. Unbeknownst to him, King Cyrus the Great, ruler of the mighty Persian Empire, was called by the Lord even before he knew the Lord.
Read MoreHow rare it is that the rich and powerful feel the effects of their own sexual sins. They can, after all, pay the full cost of their choice and licentiousness, be it child support, multiple divorces, surrogacy, IVF treatments or worse, multiple abortions. They can support every trendy reproductive cause out there, yet by doing so, in reality they “trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land!”
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