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First Sunday of Lent
… Painting God as a petty tyrant, the snake asks why people are not allowed to eat from fruit trees. Eve corrected him saying that there was but one forbidden tree. “And why would that be?” asks the serpent. “Don’t you get it? That’s where God’s power is … serpent. “Isn’t God a bit arbitrary? Why aren’t you allowed to eat the fruit of the trees?” Eve passes the first test admirably as she contradicts the deceitful exaggeration: “We …
The way to life
… Painting God as a petty tyrant, the snake asks why people are not allowed to eat from fruit trees. Eve corrected him saying that there was but one forbidden tree. “And why would that be?” asks the serpent. “Don’t you get it? That’s where God’s power is hidden! Eat from that tree and you’ll be just like God — beholden to no one!” So Eve takes a closer look. She decides …
Situation for Iraqi refugees in Jordan 'critical and dangerous'
… and the Catholic charity, Caritas Jordan. Meeting at Our Lady of Peace Center on the hilly, tree-lined outskirts of the Jordanian capital, the leaders sought better cooperation and were …
Trump's Bannon believes in false narrative of history
… up in Connecticut, I learned about both events, and I have a piece of the Charter Oak, the tree in which the Connecticut patriots hid their charter from Andros, in my living room. Andros' …
We need Lent now more than ever
… effort. At Old St. Joseph's Church in Philadelphia, they're pulling together a Lenten "Justice Tree," which will complement the parish's Advent Giving Tree. Instead of holding tags listing items to donate to families in need, however, the tree's tags will have different ways parishioners can act for justice during Lent, including …
The spiritual ecology of the Lord's Prayer
… spiritual ecology refers to the way something connects to its environment. The folk saying "A tree is only as strong as its forest" sums up what we mean by ecology. When you add a sense of … the environment, you get the hybrid term "spiritual ecology." Think of the Lord's Prayer as a tree in a forest. You can find dozens of versions of it. Often, when praying in different …
One-woman play uses biblical Mary's life to tell story of black mothers, sons
… him. Her lyrics span the sorrows of the centuries: A Saviour on a cross A Man swinging on a tree A Dead boy on the street. She wrote several songs as she developed the play. "Telling a …
Berta Caceres, Dorothy Stang remembered at Notre Dame de Namur vigil
… fought as well as other mining projects. Carrillo said the government has claimed that the trees in the mountains of Esperanza had a disease that required they be cut down. "They never …
Immigrant stories from the past echo those of today's newly arrived
… him from boarding his troopship. Hans was, by any reckoning, an enemy combatant. My family tree has soldiers who have fought in every war from the American Revolution onward, and always on …
TV is my drug, my escape
… with Johnny Weissmuller. I'd pretend that I was Boy and that I lived with Tarzan and Jane in a tree high above the troubles of the world; and when trouble did come, I'd be safe because Tarzan … learn to swim faster than an alligator, run quicker than a lion, eat bananas and berries from trees and soon take care of myself and others just like Tarzan and Jane took care of me. My …
Two painters, two styles, one city: Seville takes a lead in cosmopolitan 17th-century art
… the bottom of the frame. In the Seville painting, viewers can make out a ship on a wide river, trees, rolling hills and a fountain; the London work adds architectural elements to the trees and fountain. To Velázquez, the Immaculate Conception was doubtlessly a heavenly …