Readings for December 2, 2010 Thursday of the first week of Advent


Isaiah 26:1-6 Psalm 118:1 and 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a Matthew 7:21, 24-27


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Reflection We’ve been exposed in recent months to many calls to repentance. It’s been quite


a clamor. Politicians and media personalities, among others, have all tried to win our allegiance to their understanding of how we are to respond the difficult circumstances we face. In a time of real betrayal by institutions and leaders we trusted, we are understandably suspicious. We are also vulnerable. Anger and anxiety tempt us to knee-jerk reactions. So how do we make good choices? Neither ranting nor retreating are helpful. Thorough reflection followed by congruent action IS. It is exactly when conditions within us and around us are least conducive to reflection that we need to take special care to provide regular time for it in our daily lives.


In the Sermon on the Mount in


Matthew Jesus has been teaching about right actions and motivations. Toward the end of that sermon he gets very direct. I get the impression that some have been


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