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Margaret Hickey

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The following first appeared in the Irish publication Position Papers (positionpapers.ie) on December 1, 2025. It is reprinted here with permission. It is a truth not (yet) universally acknowledged that a person in possession of a large grievance must be in want of...

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The readings for the third Sunday of Advent in the Catholic lectionary include this passage from the Letter of James: “Do not complain, brothers and sisters, about one another, that you may not be judged. Behold, the Judge is standing before the gates.” (5:7-10) This must be...

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