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| Sister Kateri Theriault Mission Integration |
Most people prefer an environment without conflict. When home is a domestic battlefield, the workplace a war zone of envy and competition, or national politics a reenactment of the gunfight at the OK Corral, they seek refuge in calmer quarters—like, say, in church. But what do you do when the conflict moves into the realm of religion? Jesus reminds you that faith rarely takes you down the path of least resistance. The prophet Elijah waged a bloody battle for religious fidelity on Mt. Carmel, and later monks erected a monastery there in comparative tranquility. If you seek peace, you may first have to do battle with the issues that divide.
TODAY’S READINGS: Isaiah 1:10-17; Matthew 10:34-11:1 (389)
“I have not come to bring peace but the sword.”
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