Sometimes what is called mercy for one person is harm to others. Of course, this is not always the case. The decisions about punishment for crimes that do not (and never can)
We talk familiarly, in an off-hand way, of the Church and the world. Oftentimes we attach to the world the notion of a society which is pursuing secular objects and neglecting religion;
Christmas has come again. It is our yearly reminder that even though the world is still a dangerous and uncertain place that God has not forgotten or forsaken us. I think I
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