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… with the human family. "Nor can we forget that we draw nourishment from the good olive tree," the Jewish people symbolized by an olive tree, "onto which the wild olive branches of the gentiles have been grafted." That's an image … covenant of the Jewish people with God, as Paul says, is irrevocable, and that's the olive tree to which we've been grafted. Now, as I say, we kind of reverse the message that Matthew was …

… who proclaimed a message of judgment. John said we have to take the ax to the root of the tree and destroy it. And Jesus wasn't doing that. So John was beginning to wonder, was Jesus … he were chopping wood. Maybe he is showing Jesus just how to 'lay the ax to the root of the tree of evil.' "By contrast, the face of Jesus is calm and hesitant. His eyes are full of compassion. He asks John, 'Isn't love enough?' John answers angrily, 'No! The tree is rotten. God called me and gave me the ax, which I placed at the root of the tree. I did …

… he were chopping wood. Maybe he is showing Jesus just how to lay the ax to the root of the tree of evil" - remember those words that John said the Messiah is going to do, "lay the ax to the root of the tree of evil" - "By contrast, the face of Jesus is calm and hesitant. His eyes are full of compassion. He asks John, 'Isn't love enough?' "John answers angrily, 'No! The tree is rotten. God called me and gave me the ax, which I placed at the roots of the tree. I did …

… was sustained, Kolvenbach said, by a proverb also recently cited by Pope Benedict XVI: “If a tree falls, it makes a lot of noise, but if a thousand flowers bloom it happens in the greatest …

… approving plans, for example, to put solar cells atop the Paul VI Audience Hall and to replant trees in a stretch of Hungarian forest in order to offset the Vatican’s annual carbon output. In …

… the Roman authorities, who was despised. Jesus says to Zacchaeus, "Look! Come down from that tree. I have to come to your house today," and the people all got upset, angry and groveled and …

… HAVE MERCY, DEAD MAN, WHOSE GRANDIOSE GENTLE HOPE DIED ON THE WING, WHOSE BODY STOOD LIKE A TREE BETWEEN STRIKE AND FALL, STOOD LIKE A CRIPPLE ON HIS WOODEN CRUTCH. WE CRY: HALT! WE CRY: …

… was despised by the people. I think that's part of the reason he ran ahead and climbed up that tree -- he did not want to be with the crowd; they hated him. But, as Luke says, he was also … tiny speck of interest, of wanting to know who this Jesus is, and because of that, he climbs a tree, probably people were laughing at him for doing this -- a grown man dressed up in his fine robes and he's climbing a sycamore tree -- but he doesn't care because he wants to see Jesus. Then, of course, Jesus, who is this …

… timelessness, on my hands, I walked the expansive grounds and took notice of the birds, the trees, the ponds, and the fields. Here, time is "squandered" in the presence of God. How …

… his Saturday arrival at Mariazell has raised eyebrows among environmentalists: four large lime trees, planted in 1983 to celebrate the arrival of Pope John Paul II, have been cut down to clear … if the pope were truly concerned about the environment he wouldn't countenance knocking down trees for an event that will last only a couple of hours. Local officials, on the other hand, said that removal of the trees is part of a general overhaul of the main square in Mariazell, and that new trees will …

… so I walked down the green lawn of the country house where he was staying, lay down under a tree, and promptly fell asleep. When I woke up a few hours later, there he was, sitting right …

… retain their farm land, harvested their olive produce, planted or provided over 10,000 trees for Palestinian land and joined a coalition of other organizations to oppose the …

… biography, Disturbing the Peace (Orbis Books). In the late 1980s, he and two friends climbed a tree outside the barracks of the School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Ga., where hundreds of …

… the true spirit of the council" was often overwhelmed. Yet, Benedict said, while falling trees make noise, growing ones are silent. In just that fashion, he said, it's possible today to …

… Forests are one of the primary means for cleansing the atmosphere of carbon dioxide. Fewer trees mean more carbon in the atmosphere. When these trees are cut down they're often burned, so deforestation becomes a serious source of greenhouses … a drug used in the treatment of cancer which is extracted from the bark of a Pacific yew tree. Eliminating forest means eliminating whatever medical potential lies within. All this …

… run throughout the Gospels: "Consider the lilies of the field … learn a lesson from the fig tree … Notice the ravens …" This was someone who spent time in the mountains, who strolled the … time of war -- and all the while slept outdoors, studied the stars, learned the name of every tree and bird, celebrated creation, and praised the Creator for creation. He was meek, gentle and …

… good to them. At Christmastime this past year the people, the Amish people, set up a Christmas tree in the town square and invited everyone to bring gifts and cards for that family. The …

… and peered over. The car was settled far below, resting miraculously in a grove of juniper trees, not among the massive boulders typical of that terrain. Presently a car passed by and I …

… In that light, the monks see Catholicism and Protestantism as fruit from the same poisonous tree. “Step by step,” the monks said, “Papal and Protestant heresies gradually replaced the …