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Today's Good News
As Jesus drew near Jerusalem, he saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If this day you only knew what makes for peace–but now it is hidden from your eyes. For the days are coming upon you when your enemies will raise a palisade against you; they will encircle you and hem you in on all sides. They will smash you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another within you because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”
- Luke 19:41-44
Spirituality Today
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Thursday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time
Wikipedia: "Bernward of Hildesheim"
Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation (rc.net): "You did not know the time of your visitation"
Daily Mass Readings Podcast (USCC)
From the Desk of Sister Natalie . . .
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Reflections based on Poverty in the Diocese of Albany: A Threat to the Common Good: Working full time is no longer a sure ticket out of poverty. A single mother of two children earning New York's minimum hourly wage of $7.15 would bring home just under $15,000 a year. The federal poverty level for a family of three is $17,170, which doesn't even come close to the true measure of the income needed to meet basic needs. It costs $42,432 a year for a parent and two children living in Albany County to pay for housing, food and other necessities. Legislation is needed to narrow the 'Hardship Gap', in which income from employment and government support doesn't cover those basic needs.
