Quick correction. The Second Sunday of Advent was two days ago. This Sunday is Gaudete. Wearing rose colored vestments is indeed appropriate for a combined Holy Day. I wish the Cardinal well in his recovery from SARS-CoV-2. It sounds like he had a very bad case. Let him celebrate as he choses.
I look forward to seeing the Divine Miss M on the rebroadcast on PBS. Brava.
The Democrats need to quickly seize the issue of the Child Tax Credit extension as must-pass anti-abortion legislation. Senator Casey, call the USCCB!
Blame Phil Donahue for inventing the audience participation daytime talk show brand in Dayton, Ohio in the 1970s. Oprah made it her own, as did Jerry Springer. Seeing Doctor Oz trying to sell himself as a pro-lifer in a Pennsylvania Senate race is worth the price of admission.
The scary part of the cultural right (there is nothing new about them) is how quickly they combined the pro-life movement with Trump's racist and Putinist agendas. The saving grace is that Young Republicans blow with the wind. Once the term "Soft on Putinism" gains currency and the Insurrectionist planners start going to jail, the GOP will find a new flavor of the year.
Unionism pays when trained workers are scarce and taxes are about to go up. As the tax rate on capital gains approaches 28.8% (as agreed to for Build Back Better), the incentive to profit from wage theft marginally lessens. There is much yet to do in employee empowerment. Unions will have a place, but oppositionality is not a good long term look.
Luke's Gospel of John is very significant because a clear reading has John calling his cousin out as one of those among the pharisees. The traditional interpretation ignores this - and the true text makes it all the more powerful. They likely studied scripture together before taking separate paths. In this Gospel, Jesus is about to change directions, once the Christmas season ends. Jesus finding himself in the scriptures is more powerful than assuming that he miraculously had the script mapped out. The miracle is his faith.
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