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By Msgr. Charles Pope - After Paul and Barnabas had proclaimed the good news to that city and made a considerable number of disciples … Notice that the happiness is linked to the harvest. Proclaiming the Good News, they yield a great harvest. We are not, as Catholics, sent out to proclaim a mere list of duties. We are sent to proclaim the gospel: that God has loved the world and sent His Son, who by dying and rising from the dead has purchased for us a whole new life, free from sin and the rebellious obsessions of this world. ...

By Stephen P. White, The Catholic Thing - It was under the looming specter of war that President Lincoln addressed the nation. (his speech concluded with)... We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection... when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.

By Fr. Nnamdi Moneme, OMV, Catholic Exchange - After St. Paul was stoned in Lystra, he recovered and entered the city with a strong message about persevering in faith, “He exhorted them to persevere in the faith, saying, ‘It is necessary for us to undergo many hardships to enter the kingdom of God'”(Acts 14:22). He did not lose his faith because of the unprovoked beating he received. He also exhorted his audience not to lose their faith for anything.