World's richest 85 have same wealth as 3.5 billion poorest
From ET by: Li Anne Wong | Senior Digital Editor, CNBC International
The combined wealth of the world's richest 85 people is now equivalent to that owned by half of the world's population – or 3.5 billion of the poorest people – according to a new report from Oxfam.
3 Sunday A - Reign of God - Come, Follow Me!
Fr. Bill Grimm:
From The Connections:
‘My Monastery Is a Minivan’
When asked our religion, most of us would describe ourselves as “Catholic” or “Christian.” But we would tend to back away from daring to call ourselves “disciple” or “follower.” That description rightly belongs to the great heroes of our faith: the apostles and holy men and women of the Gospel, the saints and martyrs, the Francises of Assisi, the Mother Teresas, the Thomas Mertons, the Dorothy Days, the Albert Schweitzers. Our lives are too ordinary, our professions too worldly to dare imagine that we are doing the work of the Gospel Jesus.
From The Connections:
‘My Monastery Is a Minivan’
When asked our religion, most of us would describe ourselves as “Catholic” or “Christian.” But we would tend to back away from daring to call ourselves “disciple” or “follower.” That description rightly belongs to the great heroes of our faith: the apostles and holy men and women of the Gospel, the saints and martyrs, the Francises of Assisi, the Mother Teresas, the Thomas Mertons, the Dorothy Days, the Albert Schweitzers. Our lives are too ordinary, our professions too worldly to dare imagine that we are doing the work of the Gospel Jesus.
Pope Benedict: Quote for January 20th
"The Church does not engage in proselytism. Instead, she grows by “attraction”: just as Christ 'draws all to himself' by the power of his love, culminating in the sacrifice of the Cross, so the Church fulfills her mission..."
- Pope Benedict XVI
Puppy Love - Live like the Lamb
A
farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the 4
pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was
driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug on his
overalls.
He looked down into the eyes of a little boy.
"Mister," he said, "I want to buy one of your puppies."
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