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 in today’s Gospel Jesus says, "Woe also to you scholars of the law! You
 impose on people burdens hard to carry, but you yourselves do not lift 
one finger to touch them."</b></span></span><br><br><span>Some religious leaders 
get their kicks from burdening people, laying the law on them heavily, 
making demands that are terrible, exulting in their own moral 
superiority. <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>. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>And this applies
 to the moral life as well. 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><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><br></b></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(255,242,204)"><b>When
 were you cured by Christ and how? What was it like to receive, through 
the Church, his healing touch? </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>When did you feel ostracized, despised, 
unworthy—</b></span>a<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>nd how did Christ, through his Church, restore you to health 
and communion?</b></span> Remember that moment and share it.
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