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The outcome or the fruit of reading Holy Scripture is by no means negligible: it is the fullnes of eternal happiness. These are the books which tell us of eternal life, which were written, not only that we might believe, but also that we might have everlasting life. The purpose of the Scriptures, which come to us from God, is to lead us to the fullness of the truth. In order to achieve this, we must study holy Scripture carefully, and teach it and listen to it in the same way. - Bonaventure + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

Clearly, if "no other god" has any real power and, therefore, any real, substantive existence, it is grossly inappropriate that Israelshould invest such an object with ultimacy. The [Hebrew] word...however, need not be rendered "idol." It is more properly rendered "image," a visible representation of Yahweh. The temptation, then, is not the creation of a rival that detracts from Yahweh, but an attempt to locate and thereby domesticate Yahweh in a visible, controlled object. This latter reading, which is the more probable, is also more subtle. It does not fear a rival but a distortion of Yahweh's free character by an attempt to locate Yahweh and so diminish something of Yahweh's terrible freedom. - Walter Brueggemann + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

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I do not tire of telling everyone, especially young people who long for their people's liberation, that I admire their social and political sensitivity, but it saddens me when they waste it by going on ways that are false. Let us, too, all take notice that the great leader of our liberation is the Lord's Anointed One, who comes to announce good news to the poor, to give freedom to the captives, to give news of the missing, to give joy to so many homes in mourning, so that society may be renewed as in the sabbatical years of Israel. - Archbishop Oscar Romero + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

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But the holy LORD God All-Powerful is praised, because he has shown who [God] is by bringing justice. (Poverty and Justice Bible) - Isaiah 5:16 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Our faithfulness will depend on our willingness to go where there is brokenness, loneliness, and human need. If the church has a future it is a future with the poor in whatever form. - Henri J.M. Nouwen + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

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