The Common Good

Verse And Voice

Verse of the Day: 'You deliever the weak from those too strong for them'

by Administrator 10-31-2007

All my bones shall say, "O Lord, who is like you? You deliver the weak from those too strong for them, the weak and needy from those who despoil them."

- Psalm 35:10

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Voice of the Day: Crockett on Scripture

by Administrator 10-30-2007

Scripture is taught so that persons may become formed and transformed into faithful disciples of Jesus Christ. The aim is for learners to claim the life of Jesus as their own and to embrace an identity in the fullness of their lives. But the formative and transformative processes must not ignore the cultural context through which identity emerges or faith is expressed. Culture is the container of a community's experience and the agent of the community's expressions of faithfulness and [...]

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Verse of the Day: 'your eyes shall see your Teacher'

by Administrator 10-30-2007

Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself any more, but your eyes shall see your Teacher.

- Isaiah 30:20

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Verse of the Day: 'May the God of peace sanctify you'

by Administrator 10-29-2007

May the God of peace sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

- 1 Thessalonians 5:23-23

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Verse of the Day: 'the Lord of hosts is exalted by justice'

by Administrator 10-26-2007

People are bowed down, everyone is brought low, and the eyes of the haughty are humbled. But the Lord of hosts is exalted by justice, and the Holy God shows himself holy by righteousness. Then the lambs shall graze as in their pasture, fatlings and kids shall feed among the ruins.

- Isaiah 5:15-17

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Voice of the Day: Help Those Who Are Weak

by Administrator 10-26-2007

Helpers should be provided for those who are weak so that they will not find their work depressing. In fact, let all have help according to the size of the community and the nature of the place. The rest should serve one another in love.

- Rule of Benedict
Quoted in Essential Monastic Wisdom: Writings on the Contemplative Life by Hugh Feiss.

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Voice of the Day: Weil on Inflictions

by Administrator 10-25-2007

I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.

Simone Weil
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Verse of the Day: 'The prayer of faith will save the sick'

by Administrator 10-25-2007

The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up; and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven.

- James 5:15

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Voice of the Day: On Holiness

by Administrator 10-24-2007

Do not wish to be called holy before you are.

- Rule of Benedict
Quoted in Essential Monastic Wisdom: Writings on the Contemplative Life by Hugh Feiss.

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Verse of the Day: Share With the Needy

by Administrator 10-24-2007

Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy.

- Ephesians 4:28-28

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