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Vulnerable People

Our baptismal promises call us to “persevere in resisting evil”, to “seek and serve Christ in all persons loving our neighbors as ourselves”, and to “strive for justice and peace, and respect the dignity of every human being.” This is our calling, in short, as those who were brought to the waters of baptism, vulnerable, often unable to speak for ourselves, by a community of love and care, we are sent out to be a people who care for the vulnerable. Our calling in baptism begins in community and is enacted in community—never alone.

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Looking Away from Empire

“Look with awe at the glowing center where those with access gather. Look on the bright armor and blazing torches of battalions and be afraid.” After all, fear is the currency of empires, and so it must hold our gaze and teach us what we must fear. But the Christmas story is different. It pulls our focus.

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Bringing Saint Joseph’s Integrity Back

“Note that in today’s Gospel, Joseph does not speak a single word. Joseph acts with quiet yet life-saving integrity. Perhaps Joseph has no words because, as Abraham Joshua Heschel says, ‘There is not enough grandeur in our souls to be able to unravel in words the knot of time and eternity.'”

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