Mosaic of Loaves and Fishes

Tolle Lege! Tolle Lege!

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September 20th 2015
Tolle lege! Tolle lege! At the climactic moment of his conversion, St. Augustine describes hearing these words in Book VIII of his Confessions. In English, tolle lege translates into “Take up and read!” This is my suggestion for us this afternoon. After posting this, I’m going to spend the afternoon reading some of the following Gospel passages that relate to the places that w ... read more

Middle East » Israel » North District

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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... ... read more