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WEDNESDAY, JULY 21
FEAST OF LAWRENCE OF BRINDISI, PRIEST, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH

The fruitful witness

Can a politician be saved? Some would say it’s impossible! But we know that for God anything is possible. Take for instance today’s saint, Lawrence of Brindisi. A Capuchin priest, he was also a politician. He was at various times during the 17th century vicar-general of his order, chaplain to the emperor, papal nuncio to Bavaria, and special envoy to the king of Spain. He was in politics up to his ears. Yet his saintly patience, kindness, and goodness witnessed to those with whom he worked. “You will know them by their fruits,” Jesus said. Even politicians can bear good fruit!

TODAY’S READINGS: Jeremiah 1:1, 4-10; Matthew 13:1-9

“Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Let anyone with ears listen!



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