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I don’t know if you ever heard of an Irish rock and roll band called U2—or of the band leader—a bloke by the name of Bono. Well to tell you the truth I have no idea what their music sounds like since I stopped listening to rock and roll when Bob Seeger retired. But Bono is certifiably famous—he is a media giant. Not only is he famous for his music—he is famous for his philan- thropy and his efforts on behalf of the poor. And I used to think maybe it was a little self-serving—”Here I am the Big Rock Star—helping poor people. I am so good.” But the other day I scrolled across a clip of a television interview that he did recently. And truth to tell, it was an amazing two minutes. […]
In the first words of the Opening antiphon, we sing out, “Rejoice, Jerusalem and come together you who love her.” How beautiful—We are Jerusalem—and Our Lord is telling us to be happy. The nickname of this Sunday is—in fact—Laetare Sunday—from the Latin—Rejoice! But there is a subtle irony going on here because we remember that we are still in Lent and everything is supposed to be dark and dim—somber and serious. And when we see that even the vestments—when we do it right—are not deep purple—but rose colored, we realize that something is happening. […]
 Today’s gospel always used to puzzle me. Not the part about Beelzebub—or the blasphemy of the Phari- sees—that they would accuse Jesus of being in league with the devil—no I always puzzled over the lines about When the unclean spirit had left a man, that unclean spirit would seek rest: and not finding it return to the very soul from which he had been exorcised. But he returns and finds that soul all swept and cleaned. Then Jesus tells us that the demon then brings into that unfortunate soul with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and entering in they dwell there. And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.
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