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<table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%;border-collapse:initial" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr id="gmail-m_586332119107351375layout-row14898" class="gmail-m_586332119107351375layout gmail-m_586332119107351375layout-row gmail-m_586332119107351375widget gmail-m_586332119107351375_widget_html gmail-m_586332119107351375style14898" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><td id="gmail-m_586332119107351375layout-row-padding14898" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding:30px 30px 0px" valign="top"><table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td id="gmail-m_586332119107351375html_div14511" width="590" align="left"> <p style="margin:0px;outline:medium none;padding:0px;color:black;font-family:Sorts Mill Goudy;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5">Friends,
<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b> today’s Gospel gives us the parable of the two sons, which</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Jesus uses
as a comment on<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"> the Pharisees rejection </span>of John the Baptist: </b><b>“When John
came to you in the way of righteousness, <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">you did not believe </span>him; but
tax collectors and prostitutes did”.</b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;outline:medium none;padding:0px;color:black;font-family:Sorts Mill Goudy;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5"> </p>
<p style="margin:0px;outline:medium none;padding:0px;color:black;font-family:Sorts Mill Goudy;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5">Various
people come to <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>the Baptist </b></span>and ask what they must do in order to be
more pleasing to God. And he gives them very concrete instruction. To
tax collectors, he says, “<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>Don’t take more than you should”</b></span>. To soldiers,
he says, “<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>Don’t extort and bully people and don’t expect more in pay
than you deserve”</b></span>. To those who have much, he says, “<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>Share what you have
with those who have less</b></span>”. In other words, he <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>urges the basic works of
justice.</b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;outline:medium none;padding:0px;color:black;font-family:Sorts Mill Goudy;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5"> </p>
<p style="margin:0px;outline:medium none;padding:0px;color:black;font-family:Sorts Mill Goudy;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5">Like
his religious and philosophical colleagues, the Baptist assumes here
that this moral reform in the direction of justice can be undertaken
through our own efforts.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;outline:medium none;padding:0px;color:black;font-family:Sorts Mill Goudy;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5"> </p>
<p style="margin:0px;outline:medium none;padding:0px;color:black;font-family:Sorts Mill Goudy;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5"><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>But
when people suggest that</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>he, the Baptist</b></span>, <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>might be the Messiah,</b></span> h<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>e
emphatically clarifies <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">the matter. </span></b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The last and greatest of the prophets
says,</span><b> “There is one coming who is mightier than I. I am not worthy to
loosen the thongs of his sandals”.</b></span></p>
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