March 7, 2026
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The Work of Mercy: Visit the Sick, Part 1
We moderns can be awfully smug when it comes to Old Testament taboos. Many people assume such taboos were nothing but superstitious, prescientific attempts to
March 6, 2026
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The Work of Mercy: Harbor the Harborless, Part 2
Yet we are commanded to harbor the harborless. We can become personally involved, and we can supply financial support. For instance, a small non-denominational church
March 5, 2026
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The Work of Mercy: Harbor the Harborless, Part 1
One of the most exasperating bits of exegetical trendiness to afflict First World Catholics for the past thirty years or so has been the endless
March 4, 2026
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The Work of Mercy: Clothe the Naked, Part 2
Other considerations enter in too. On the one hand, clothes symbolize our external lives—the junk that doesn’t matter in the end. So Jesus tells us
March 3, 2026
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The Work of Mercy: Clothe the Naked, Part 1
Nake is an extinct English verb meaning “to strip clothes off.” To be “naked” is therefore to be in a state of having had your
March 2, 2026
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