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<p style="margin:0px;font-family:roboto,"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;line-height:30px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font size="2">Friends, today’s
Gospel reminds us of <b><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)">the final judgment when the wicked will be
separated from the righteous. </span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">When <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">good </span>and evil are confused or
intermingled, <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">divine judgment separates </span>them,<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"> clarifying</span> the issue. </span><br></b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-family:roboto,"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;line-height:30px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font size="2"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">Bob
Dylan said, “The enemy I see wears the cloak of decency.”<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"> </span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">One of the
favorite ruses of evil is to cover itself in the mantle of <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">justice </span>and <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">
piety</span>, at the same time aping and hiding behind <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">that which</span> it opposes.
</span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">Christ’s judgment rips away</span></b> <b><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">these cloaking devices, these deceits</span></b>, <b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">and
shows</span><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"> things</span></b> <b><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">as they are</span></b>. <br></font></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-family:roboto,"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;line-height:30px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font size="2"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">Authentic
Christianity is a fighting religion, and it calls </span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">evil<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"> </span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">by</span></b> <b><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">its name</span></b>. <b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">The
Church knows <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">what stands outside of</span> itself,</span></b> <b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">and it turns its back on <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">
it.</span></span></b> <b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">The bearer of light and truth, it separates good from<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"> </span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">evil</span></b>,
<b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">sometimes painfully, like a “two-edged sword." <br></span></b></font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:roboto,"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;line-height:30px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font size="2"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><br></span></b></font></p>
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