OF TREES AND FOREST

The United Nations celebrated its 75th anniversary last September 21 with the theme “The future we want; the United Nations we need — reaffirming our collective commitment to multilateralism.”

Angels are messengers of God. In Luke, the angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she has been chosen to be the mother of the Savior (cf Lk 1:26). An angel appears to the shepherds that a “savior has been born… who is Messiah and Lord” (2:11); a multitude of the heavenly host appears “with the angel, praising God” (2:13). The angel strengthens Jesus during the agony in the Garden (cf 22:43). At the end of Luke’s gospel (24:51) and the beginning of the Acts of Apostles (Acts 1:11), we find Jesus ascending to the heavens with the angels proclaiming Jesus will come back at the end of time.

MEDIUM RARE

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FINDING ANSWERS

It’s  still  15 months  before  the  presidential  election on May 9, 2022,    but  some politicians are already talking  of postponing  the election. This has happened  in  the past as the sitting president  neared the end of his/her term,  as if hoping the  term, with all its powers and privileges,  could somehow  be extended.

SPEAKING OUT

After six months of the COVID-19 pandemic which has claimed so many lives around the world, Europe was reported out to try a new strategy it called “Lockdown Lite.”

In the Kingdom of God, what matters most is not possession of power and authority but service to the least—the children. Throughout Luke, Jesus is pictured as the master-teacher who is caring and compassionate towards sinners, the afflicted, the outcast, the poor and lowly, and those who recognize their dependence on God (cf Lk 4:18; 6:20-23; 7:36-50; 16:19-31; 18:9-14; 19:1-10; 21:1-4).

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