Catholic Daughters of the Americas  

Dear CDA Sisters,

Someone said there are basically two kinds of people in the world: those who divide people into two kinds of people and those who do not.  The prophet Jeremiah does indeed say that there are two kinds of people (see Jeremiah 17:5-10).  One kind he calls cursed and the other he calls blessed.

The life of the cursed he compares to a low bush in the desert, inhabiting a parched and desolate wilderness.  The life of the blessed, on the other hand, he compares to a tree planted by the waters that spreads its roots out by the river.  Its leaves are green; its fruit is bountiful.   Two kinds of people.  For one life is...

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