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  • The challenge to reject the devil’s empty promises

    The challenge to reject the devil’s empty promises

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    If we want to be victorious and not poor defeated wrecks, we have to be aware of the devil’s “strategy” as well as of Jesus’ “strategy” in overcoming Satan’s temptations. Had Adam and Eve followed Jesus’ strategy when tempted in the Garden of Eden, they would have won and their descendants would not have been born in a condition of global misery. Had the Israelites followed the guidance of God’s Word, they would have entered the Promised Land right away, rather than being condemned to dwell and die in the desert.

  • The Temptations of Setting Aside the Mission, of Image Building and of Power

    The Temptations of Setting Aside the Mission, of Image Building and of Power

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    Robredillo, SThD IN today’s Gospel, Matthew brings us to the subject of temptation that is encountered in the Christian community, and he provides us with three typical examples: (1) The Tempter says: “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to turn into bread” (Matt 4:3b). For this reason, it might even go against the world and its values (cf Rom 12:2); but certainly it does not need to justify itself before the judgment seat of men, for what the world holds is abominable before God (Luke 16:15). At the same time, this story of the triple temptation of Jesus provides us with a picture of what the Christian community should be: it is a community that lives by the word of God, goes against the values that the world holds dearly, and serves its members even to the point of dying.

  • How to save biodiversity? Curb wasteful habits, Vatican event says

    How to save biodiversity? Curb wasteful habits, Vatican event says

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    Based on the science, this hypothesis “is entirely possible if we continue with our greedy and unequal habits,” Raven said, adding that the loss is “something we cannot recover from easily.” He stressed the importance learning to value the resources available to us, saying that to prevent the loss of biodiversity can’t happen “without having exhibited the reverence for life which must be a characteristic of our species.” Raven, a professor at the Missouri Botanical Garden and research institute, spoke at a news briefing on a Feb. In their final statement, participants concluded that that based on comparisons with the fossil record, the current loss of species rate “is approximately 1,000 times the historical rate, with perhaps a quarter of all species in danger of extinction now and as many as half of them may be gone by the end of the present century.” Due to man’s dependency on living organisms for necessities such as food and medicine to climate and even beauty, these losses “will inflict incalculable damage on our common prospects unless we control them.” In their discussion, participants said the danger isn’t isolated to the extinction of species, but also effects the how the earth functions in general. Participants argued that the 19 percent of the world’s richest people use “well over” half of the world’s resources, and because of this, wealthier nations are “substantially responsible for the increase in global warming and, consequently, the decrease in biodiversity.” On the other hand, they said the world’s poor, “who do not enjoy the benefits of fossil fuels, are indirectly responsible for deforestation and some destruction of biodiversity, because their actions take place within a world economic system dominated by demands made by the wealthy, who have much higher overall consumption levels without paying any externalities to conserve global biodiversity.” Given the vast difference between the rich and the poor on a global plane, participants suggested “wealth redistribution” as one positive action that could be taken.

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