God never withdraws his arms from his work

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For 31 July 2008, Thursday of 17th week, based on Matthew 13:47-53

Jesus said: “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and caught fish of every kind; when it was full, they drew it ashore, sat down, and put the good into baskets but threw out the bad. So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous and throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. “Have you understood all this?” They answered, “Yes.” And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”


Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

About Mrs. Judith Maloney, O.P.

Judy is a lay Dominican living in Hillsborough, North Carolina, USA. She belongs to the Mary Magdalene Chapter sponsored by the St. Martin DePorres Priory in Raleigh. She has been an nurse for 15 years, most recently working in oncology, and has also worked as a lay minister and director of religious education at her local parish. Judy and her husband Mike have three grown children.