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Verse of the Day: Oppresssion

You shall not oppress a resident alien; you know the heart of an alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

- Exodus 23:9

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Verse of the Day: Seeing and Believing

When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, "Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?' " Jesus had just then cured many people of diseases, plagues, and evil spirits, and had given sight to many who were blind. And he answered them, "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news brought to them. And [...]

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Voice of the Day: Saint Elizabeth the New Martyr

It is easier for a feeble straw to resist a mighty fire than for the nature of sin to resist the power of love. We must cultivate this love in our souls, that we may take our place with all the saints, for they were all-pleasing unto God through their love for their neighbor.


- Saint Elizabeth the New Martyr

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Verse of the Day: Who Will Stand Up and Repair the Wall?

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery; they have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the alien without redress. And I sought for anyone among them who would repair the wall and stand in the breach before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.

- Ezekiel 22:29-30

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Voice of the Day: Alan Boesak

Unity that is dictated by the powerful is not unity. Unity at the cost of the poor and the oppressed, at the cost of the integrity of the gospel, is not unity.

- Alan Boesak

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Verse of the Day: Pride

It is better to be of a lowly spirit among the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.

- Proverbs 16:19


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Voice of the Day: Rene Padilla

The church has only two alternatives in its confrontation with the world: either it adapts itself to the world and betrays the gospel, or it responds to the gospel and enters into conflict with the world.

- Rene Padilla

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Voice of the Day: Elsa Tamez

The message of the good news is of the liberation of human beings from everything and everyone that keeps them enslaved.

- Elsa Tamez

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Verse of the Day: Oppression

Oppressing the poor in order to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich, will lead only to loss.

- Proverbs 22:16-16

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Voice of the Day: Ludovico Barbo

Without mental prayer, it would be virtually impossible for frail humanity to bear the fierce struggles of religious life. You can inebriate with sweetness your dryness of heart, making use of the water of prayer drawn from the fountains of the Savior. As a tree experiencing drought sheds its unripened fruit and leaves, so the soul that is deprived of the dew of prayer brings forth incomplete works infected with distaste.

- Ludovico Barbo

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