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By Marcellino D’Ambrosio, Ph.D., Catholic Exchange, January 24, 2020

Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.Flick on the television, turn to the news, and notice how hopeless it all looks. Terrorists kill hundreds and intimidate millions. Governments push their authority as we seem to move towards war.

Things did not appear much better in first century Galilee.  The king was an irreligious adulterer and a lackey of the hated Romans.  Traitorous tax collectors took a big cut of the little money people managed to earn.  The Sea of Galilee was really only a moderate sized lake and competition to catch its few fish was stiff.  Only two things were (and still are) inevitable: death and taxes.

Into this gloom steps someone whose face radiates hope, whose words penetrate to the heart.  To the people who live in the hellish kingdom of Herod, he announces that the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

He walks the lakeshore alone.  But his mission is not to remain alone.  He has come to call people out of the darkness into the light.  ….

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