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The Office of Readings at times includes a Homily on the Gospel of St. Matthew by St. John Chyrsostom.  In that reading, the saint talks of the Apostles and their mission as noted by Christ was not just to one city or region, but Christ commanded that the Apostles were to go into the whole world and baptize in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  As St. John Chrysostom note, the “whole world is in a miserable state.”   Christ told the Apostles, says the saint, that you are the salt of the earth, “indicating that...

         The Liturgy of the Hours Office of Readings includes a script from a Homily on the Gospel of St. Matthew by St. John Chyrsostom.  In that reading, the saint talks of the Apostles and their mission as noted by Christ into the whole world.  It is not just one city or region, but the Apostles were to go into the whole world.  As St. John Chrysostom states, the "whole world is in a miserable state."  Christ told the Apostles, says the saint, that You are the salt of the earth, "indicating that all mankind has lost...

When was the last time you heard a homily from your health insurer? As the Church and Christianity in general recedes from public life, one will find more and more secular messages with a truly religious tone. Here is one for you, from my Idaho-based health insurer received this morning, August 29, 2016: "Hello John, Happiness... you know it when you see it, but it's hard to define. It's more of a journey than a destination, and sometimes we don't have complete control of it. Many scientific studies have found a connection between happiness and physical well-being. Happiness is shown...