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in</b></span></span></span></span><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-weight:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"> </span>today's Gospel Pharisees and other religious leaders look on with
silent disdain as Jesus heals a man. </b></span>He challenged them by asking, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">"<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath or not?"</b></span></span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>Some
religious leaders get their kicks from burdening</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>people</b></span>, laying the law
on them heavily, <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>making demands that are terrible, exulting in their
own moral superiority.</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>At the core of Jesus' program is a willingness to
bear other people's burdens, to help them carry their loads. </b></span>And this
applies to the moral life as well.<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> If we lay the burden of God's law on
people, we must be willing, at the same time, to help them bear it. </b></span></span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">When
were you cured by Christ and how? What was it like to receive, through
the Church, his healing touch? When did you feel ostracized, despised,
unworthy—and how did Christ, through his Church, restore you to health
and communion? Remember that moment and share it. </span></b><br></div>
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