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A California man was arrested Sunday after allegedly attempting to stab a Republican congressional candidate with a switchblade, according to the Alameda County Sheriff's Office. The man, identified as 35-year-old Farzad Fazeli, reportedly approached Republican candidate Rudy Peters in an aggressive manner and made disparaging, profanity-laced remarks about the GOP and President Trump, according to witness statements. Peters, who is running against incumbent Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, was campaigning at a fall festival in Castro Valley, California. During the incident, Fazeli allegedly pulled out a switchblade knife and attempted to stab Peters, but the knife malfunctioned. Peters then got into...

“Christ the King Comes into His Kingdom” (Luke 23:27-43)Today is the Last Sunday of the Church Year, and so it may seem odd that the Holy Gospel for this day is a Good Friday reading. But when I tell you that the Last Sunday of the Church Year is also called “Christ the King Sunday,” perhaps you will be able to see why this Good Friday reading was chosen. For in this crucifixion account, we are told about Christ as the King. There is the inscription above Jesus’ head, “This is the King of the Jews,” and we hear the...

November 20, 2005Thirty-Fourth or Last Sunday in Ordinary TimeThe Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King Psalm: Sunday 50 Reading IEz 34:11-12, 15-17 Thus says the Lord GOD:I myself will look after and tend my sheep. As a shepherd tends his flockwhen he finds himself among his scattered sheep,so will I tend my sheep.I will rescue them from every place where they were scatteredwhen it was cloudy and dark. I myself will pasture my sheep;I myself will give them rest, says the Lord GOD. The lost I will seek out,the strayed I will bring back,the injured I will bind...

November 23, 2003The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King Psalm: Sunday 50 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Reading II Gospel Reading IDn 7:13-14 As the visions during the night continued, I sawone like a Son of man coming,on the clouds of heaven;when he reached the Ancient Oneand was presented before him,the one like a Son of man received dominion, glory, and kingship;all peoples, nations, and languages serve him.His dominion is an everlasting dominionthat shall not be taken away,his kingship shall not be destroyed. Responsorial PsalmPs 93:1, 1-2, 5 R. (1a) The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty.The...