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Fr. Mark Goring, Companions of the Cross, Catholic Charismatic Center, Director

By Scott Smith,  All Roads Lead to Rome Blog - Have you ever wondered about Nathanael's strange remark in the Gospel of John? When told about Jesus of Nazareth, Nathanael responded "What good can come from Nazareth?" (John 1:46) Since there are no throw-away phrases in the Gospels, especially in John's Gospel, what could this mean? 

Msgr. Charles Pope - In the reading at daily Mass for Friday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time, St. Paul speaks of Abraham’s faith. Abraham did come to strong faith, but it took time! One of the beautiful things about the Bible is that it does not present epic figures who never fell. Rather, it presents us with authentic human beings who struggled and eventually “got there.”

By Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D., Catholic Exchange - Jesus wins the battle. He transforms an attempt to make him look bad into a teaching moment recorded for all time, providing people of every era with some very important food for thought… Government is a fact of life. Rulers, laws, police, taxes. What should a worshipper of God make of it?.. Jesus says we can’t have it both ways–if we benefit from secular society, we need to support the infrastructure of society….