Reflecting on our baptism isn't a *bad* way to begin Holy Week, right? Here is something to chew on if you'd like.
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One thing I do not doubt: the price one's soul pays for power is related to whether one understands that power as for the benefit of oneself and one's own kind, or for the benefit of all.

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I feel deep sympathy for Mrs. May in Flannery O'Connor's "Greenleaf." Only love can restore a broken worldview. Only genuine encounter can melt away anger and reverse resentment.
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