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Mary's kids en route

Can we build a culture of life, a civilization of love? Help is on the way!  IF IF IF … IF you have the heart to accept God’s help! Quick quiz: 1.      All through Scripture, there is a recurrent pair: widows and _________ .  What’s the second word in that pair? 2.     About half the times that this pair shows up in Scripture, it’s actually a trio, not just a pair: widows and _____________ and _______________ .  Who’s the third? Hint : Jesus didn’t use checklists much; that’s not the way he taught.  But there is one checklist he repeats four times. He describes the Last Judgment in Matthew 25, and says, four times, be sure to take care of the hungry, the thirsty, etc.  It’s a list of six: do these and meet my Father, ignore them and out you go. What’s in that list?  Feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, visit the sick, visit the imprisoned.  That’s five.  What’s the sixt...