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Woe, ye Shepherds.

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Ezekiel 34 St. Matthew 24 I am writing this week with a very heavy heart, in the aftermath of the devastating news from Pennsylvania. In light of this crisis and a response from the Vatican press office which can be described as "underwhelming," this week we are departing from commenting on the lectionary. In stead, we are taking as our texts Ezekiel 34 and St. Matthew 24. The Sorrow of King David William Brassey Hole The history of the People of God is a history of crisis. The summary of the book of Judges given in chapter 2 is a cycle well known to us. Sin is followed by God's redemption, which is followed by our self-satisfaction and further sin. And the history of the Church is no different. No sooner was the controversy with the Judaisers (Eusebius and Epiphanius know them as the Ebionites) resolved in Acts 15, then the controversy with the Gnostics began. Followed immediately by the Arian controversy, which was not yet resolved when the Church faced the ris