First snow in Cairo, Egypt in 100 years, AFP-Getty Images
SNOW in Cairo? Ice in Israel? Sleet in Syria?
For several years now, the world has watched as natural earth events ravage various regions from place to place. But is there a link to what is also happening in society en masse: the ravaging of the natural and moral law?
THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS
for December 13th, 2013
Memorial of St. Lucy
Liturgical texts here
SOMETIMES I find the comments beneath a news story as interesting as the story itself—they are a bit like a barometer indicating the advance of the Great Storm in our times (though weeding through the foul language, vile responses, and incivility is exhausting).