[ELS]

Pope Benedict XVI smiles to cardinals and bishops as he leads his general audience in Saint Peter Square at the Vatican November 12, 2008. REUTERS/Max Rossi (VATICAN)

Italian cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi prays as Pope Benedict XVI leads his general audience in Saint Peter Square at the Vatican November 12, 2008. REUTERS/Max Rossi (VATICAN)

[ELS]

Previous catecheses on St. Paul:
Paul of Tarsus: Be Imitators of Me, As I Am of Christ (October 25, 2006)
Paul of Tarsus, Continued (November 8, 2006)
Paul's Teaching on the Holy Spirit (November 15, 2006)
Paul's Teaching on the Church (November 22, 2006)
On Paul's World and Time Period (July 2, 2008)
[St.] Paul's Biography (August 27, 2008)
Paul's Conversion (September 3, 2008)
On Paul, an Apostle of Christ (September 10, 2008)
On Paul and the Other Apostles (September 24, 2008)
On Paul's Dealings With Peter (October 1, 2008)
On How St. Paul Knew Christ (October 8, 2008)
St. Paul's Teaching on the Church (October 15, 2008)
On Paul's Christology (October 22, 2008)
On St. Paul and the Cross (October 29, 2008)
On St. Paul and the Resurrection (November 5, 2008)

[GOP Poet]

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[Cicero]

Liberal Catholics who voted for Obama should take note:

“In fact, when we were with you, we instructed you that if anyone was unwilling to work, neither should that one eat. We hear that some are conducting themselves among you in a disorderly way, by not keeping busy but minding the business of others. Such people we instruct and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and to eat their own food.”

Even as we await the Final Coming, we should work to feed ourselves and our families, to help our neighbors, to improve the world. We should not sit there saying, “Oh, Holy Obama, give me some pie! Pay my mortgage! Give me free universal healthcare!”

Such is not the nature of Christian charity, that the government should rob those who work and give the spoils to those who sit around and do nothing. The difference between helping others charitably yourself, and voting for a government that will rob the productive to pay those who vote for them, is the difference between night and day.

[GonzoII]

"As believers, in our lives we already are with the Lord -- our future, eternal life, has already begun.

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That is a powerful and consoling truth!!