It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.
‹Thomas Paine›
Atlantis: the domain of the Stingray
16Dec
2007
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11:35
author: Stingray
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Third Sunday in Advent

Matthew 11:2-11

In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

No sooner do we hear of John the Baptist fulfilling the word of the prophet Isaiah, preparing the way for the Lord, than we see him sitting in a prison cell for his troubles. A mere week after hearing him give the holy command to repent, we hear him asking a question seemingly filled with doubt: "Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?"