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This passage might be seen as a theological call to arms for the scholar of Paul justification faith and grace Sound the trumpet draw the battle lines let the weary warriors of the 16th century come forth By now we all know or ought to that we are all justified by faith in Christ and so sta

A number of readers have asked for access to past Word columns So every week on The Good Word we will post America s Word column for the upcoming Sunday in addition to past columns for the same cycle of readings Here are Fr Dan Harrington s reflections on Trinity Sunday Dianne Bergan

The first time I preached on the Feast of the Most Trinity was on my first appointment as a deacon at the parish of Kings Cross Kings Cross is the red light district of Sydney I was the luckiest deacon in Sydney because my 70 year old Irish Jesuit parish priest Fr Donal Taylor never directly sa

Fire air earth and water considered in the classical world to be the four elements essential to the composition of the cosmos surface in the Pentecost reading We see the fire in the descirption of the tongues of flame carried in by the rushing air resting above the heads of those gathered in

Last week I was accosted by a evangelical Christian in the street He asked me whether I had given my life to Jesus Christ I have He asked me if I spoke in tongues I can but choose not to He asked me if I had made the necessary sacrifices for the Holy Spirit to come into my life At

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