From the first reading at mass today (Jeremiah 20: 10-13), a timely passage:
I hear many whispering,
“Terror on every side!
Denounce him! Let’s denounce him!”
All my friends are waiting for me to slip, saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
then we will prevail over him
and take our revenge on him.”
But the Lord is with me like a mighty warrior;
so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail.
They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced;
their dishonor will never be forgotten.
Lord Almighty, you who examine the righteous
and probe the heart and mind,
let me see your vengeance on them,
for to you I have committed my cause.
Sing to the Lord!
Give praise to the Lord!
He rescues the life of the needy
from the hands of the wicked.
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The Good Book, it's all in there. Jeremiah is a favourite.
The more people change...wait, people don't change.
It's funny reading Greek history by Greeks, the only difference from today is that Congress can't vote to exile a failed leader or to kill a losing general.
Yet I guess.
They'd surely like to kill or exile at least one politician.
And his supporters.
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