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Overcome Every Possible Temptation to Racism, Intolerance and Exclusion

August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered Sunday before reciting the midday Angelus with several thousand people gathered in the courtyard of the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo.
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Dear Brothers and Sisters:
On this 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, the liturgy proposes a reflection on the words of the prophet Isaiah: [...]

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From the Pastor’s Desk

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HOW INCLUSIVE IS YOUR WORLDVIEW? 

There is a strong inclusive or global vision in all of today’s three readings.
 In the first reading, Isaiah is telling his narrow minded Jewish brothers and sisters in Jerusalem that they don’t own God. God also desires non-Jews to come and sit at his table.
 In the second reading from Romans, Paul [...]

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Bishop Anthony Basil Taylor’s Homily

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20th Sunday Yr A—100th Anniversary of St. Mary’s School, Lake Village AR—August 17, 2008
One of the first things I did after learning that the Pope had chosen me to be your bishop was to read the book Mission and Memory: A History of the Catholic Church in Arkansas, which describes among other things the hardships [...]