The Common Good

Verse And Voice

Voice of the Day: Thomas Merton

by God's Politics Editor 06-03-2010
It has never been either practical or useful to leave all things and follow Christ. And yet it is spiritually prudent.
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Verse of the Day: 'Run with perseverance'

by God's Politics Editor 06-03-2010
Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, loo
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Prayer of the Day: Immigrants, Widows and Orphans

by God's Politics Editor 06-03-2010
Just as you brought the Israelites from slavery, you redeemed us from the slavery of sin.
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Voice of the Day: Mary Oliver

by God's Politics Editor 06-02-2010
We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many.
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Verse of the Day: Do Not Trust in Mortals

by God's Politics Editor 06-02-2010
Do not put your trust in princes, in mortals, in whom there is no help. When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish.
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Prayer of the Day: Guatemala & Central America

by God's Politics Editor 06-02-2010
Lord, we pray for our brothers and sisters in Central America who are already facing the beginning of hurricane season.
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Voice of the Day: Edward J. Farrell

by God's Politics Editor 06-01-2010
To retreat is always a time of knowing ourselves that we may know Christ, and of knowing Christ that we may know ourselves.
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Verse of the Day: 'Be still'

by God's Politics Editor 06-01-2010
Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth. - Psalm 46:10
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Prayer of the Day: Gulf of Mexico

by God's Politics Editor 06-01-2010
We pray for those in the Gulf of Mexico who are trying to stop the oil leak and curb the devastation; may your hand bless their efforts.
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Prayer of the Day: Strength to persevere

by God's Politics Editor 05-27-2010
Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind. Spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.
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