PG&E rebuts WSJ story that linked power line upgrade delays to Camp fire - Los Angeles Times

PG&E rebuts WSJ story that linked power line upgrade delays to Camp fire - Los Angeles Times: PG&E told a judge it “strongly disagrees” with the story suggesting that it knew its equipment near the fire's ignition point badly needed upgrades but deferred maintenance.

PG&E says it ‘strongly disagrees’ delayed maintenance played role in Camp Fire | Financial Post

PG&E says it ‘strongly disagrees’ delayed maintenance played role in Camp Fire | Financial Post: SAN FRANCISCO — PG&E Corp said in court papers on Wednesday that it “strongly disagrees” with a suggestion in a Wall Street Journal article that the company knowingly deferred maintenance on equipment that caused California’s Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive ...

PG&E says repair delays didn't trigger fatal Camp Fire

PG&E says repair delays didn't trigger fatal Camp Fire: PG&E said that it "strongly disagrees" with claims in a Wall Street Journal article that the company deliberately put off upgrades and repairs on equipment that caused a fatal inferno in Butte County in 2018, according to a court filing on Wednesday by the disgraced utility.

PG&E Disagrees With WSJ Story Over Power Line Upgrades - Bloomberg

PG&E Disagrees With WSJ Story Over Power Line Upgrades - Bloomberg: PG&E Corp. told a judge it “strongly disagrees” with a Wall Street Journal story suggesting that the utility knew its equipment near the ignition point of California’s deadliest wildfire badly needed upgrades and nonetheless deferred maintenance.

PG&E pushes back on Wall Street Journal investigation - SFChronicle.com

PG&E pushes back on Wall Street Journal investigation - SFChronicle.com: PG&E “strongly disagrees” with the paper’s suggestion that company officials “knew of the specific maintenance conditions that caused the Camp Fire and nonetheless deferred work that would have addressed those conditions,” attorneys for the company said.

RAY McGOVERN: DNI Nominee Intent on Getting to Bottom of Russiagate – Consortiumnews

RAY McGOVERN: DNI Nominee Intent on Getting to Bottom of Russiagate – Consortiumnews: Attorney General Bill Bar will have a new deputy sheriff to go after those responsible for Russiagate, if John Ratcliffe is confirmed as new DNI, as Ray McGovern explains.
By Ray McGovern
Special to Consortium News
Shortly before President Donald Trump announced he had nominated Rep. John Ratclif

No First Use - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

No First Use - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation: The idea is simple: we don’t need to use nuclear … Continued

Landmark arms treaty set to implode on Friday as Pentagon eyes building new missiles – ThinkProgress

Landmark arms treaty set to implode on Friday as Pentagon eyes building new missiles – ThinkProgress

New Documents Show Corporate and Foreign Interests Seek to Influence U.S. Nuclear Policy | House Committee on Oversight and Reform

New Documents Show Corporate and Foreign Interests Seek to Influence U.S. Nuclear Policy | House Committee on Oversight and Reform: Washington, D.C. (July 29, 2019)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued a second interim staff report in the Committee’s investigation into efforts to transfer U.S. nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia. Chairman Cummings issued the following statement:

The American Bishops Must Respond To Barr’s Promotion of Death, But Will They? | Henry Karlson

The American Bishops Must Respond To Barr’s Promotion of Death, But Will They? | Henry Karlson: William Barr, a Catholic, has gone against Catholic teaching with the promotion of the death penalty.

Why God calls us to build bridges | America Magazine

Why God calls us to build bridges | America Magazine: In an age characterized by all but a desperate need for solidarity, when the religious and secular bonds of community have become badly frayed, bridges real and metaphorical have become more important than ever.

Why Silicon Valley needs Jesuit values | America Magazine

Why Silicon Valley needs Jesuit values | America Magazine: “Move fast and break things” has been a guiding principle for Silicon Valley, writes Santa Clara University President Kevin O’Brien, but Ignatian discernment can help innovators foresee negative consequences.

PG&E denies report it deferred maintenance on equipment - PG&E Corporation (NYSE:PCG) | Seeking Alpha

PG&E denies report it deferred maintenance on equipment - PG&E Corporation (NYSE:PCG) | Seeking Alpha: PG&E (PCG) said in court papers today that it "strongly disagrees" with a WSJ article earlier this month that suggested the company knowingly deferred main

How to Jump-Start America—and Why

THREAT PERCEPTION AND TECH POLICY How to Jump-Start America—and Why WALTER M. HUDSON & R. STEPHEN BRENT A new book makes a strong case for a national push to spur innovation—but it fails to connect dots when it comes to the China threat.

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Fed Cuts Rates, Signals It May Not Need to Do More

Fed Cuts Rates, Signals It May Not Need to Do More

N.J. bishop says suicide law shows 'utter failure' of government, society. Published 7/30/2019. Nation.

N.J. bishop says suicide law shows 'utter failure' of government, society. Published 7/30/2019. Nation.: METUCHEN, N.J. (CNS) -- New Jersey's new law allowing assisted suicide, effective Aug. 1,

Osama bin Laden's son Hamza 'dead', according to US intelligence officials - World News - Mirror Online

Osama bin Laden's son Hamza 'dead', according to US intelligence officials - World News - Mirror Online: Hamza bin Laden was described as a “terrorist rock star” hellbent on recapturing al-Qaeda position as the world’s most dangerous extremists

Graham and Neocons Push for a U.S.-Israeli Defense Treaty – LobeLog

Graham and Neocons Push for a U.S.-Israeli Defense Treaty – LobeLog: by Mitchell Plitnick The staunchly militaristic Jewish Institute for the National Security of America (JINSA) has proposed a mutual defense pact between the United States and Israel. JINSA frequent…

Major Themes in China’s 2019 National Defense White Paper

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Bishop Barron's Gospel Reflection July 31, 2019

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola

Matthew 13:44-46

Friends, today Jesus offers two parables about the kingdom of heaven. Let's focus on the first one: “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again.” Sometimes God’s love is found that way. There’s a saying: “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” Sometimes in the course of our everyday lives, something happens that vividly and surprisingly summons us to union with God. We realize, in a flash, what it’s all about. We weren’t particularly looking for it, but it found us. That's what Jesus is getting at today. As you walk through the fields of life, be open to the inrushing of grace when you least expect it. And when it comes, give up anything that holds it back. Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Priest Lectionary: 403 Reading 1 Ex 34:29-35 As Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the commandments in his hands, he did not know that the skin of his face had become radiant while he conversed with the LORD. When Aaron, then, and the other children of Israel saw Moses and noticed how radiant the skin of his face had become, they were afraid to come near him. Only after Moses called to them did Aaron and all the rulers of the community come back to him. Moses then spoke to them. Later on, all the children of Israel came up to him, and he enjoined on them all that the LORD had told him on Mount Sinai. When he finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face. Whenever Moses entered the presence of the LORD to converse with him, he removed the veil until he came out again. On coming out, he would tell the children of Israel all that had been commanded. Then the children of Israel would see that the skin of Moses' face was radiant; so he would again put the veil over his face until he went in to converse with the LORD. Gospel Mt 13:44-46 Jesus said to his disciples: "The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it."

We Just Witnessed 3 Major Developments That Could Easily Lead To Global War – End Of The American Dream

We Just Witnessed 3 Major Developments That Could Easily Lead To Global War – End Of The American Dream

Opinion | The White House Blocked My Report on Climate Change and National Security - The New York Times

Opinion | The White House Blocked My Report on Climate Change and National Security - The New York Times: Politics intruded on science and intelligence. That’s why I quit my job as an analyst for the State Department.

In Ilhan Omar’s Somalia — Mort Report

In Ilhan Omar’s Somalia — Mort Report: PARIS - Ilhan Omar might have been one of those hollow-eyed Somali kids at the edge of survival I saw back in the early 1990s, covering humanity's ugly underside for the Associated Press. The world had ignored foreseeable famine. A warlord despot battled with murderous rivals, all demanding chunks

A third CRISPR baby may have already been born in China

Another genetically edited baby is due, but the world may never learn of its birth if the Chinese government decides to keep it a secret.

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A Russian scientist has threatened to make more CRISPR babies

A Russian scientist has threatened to make more CRISPR babies

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The World Health Organization Says No More Gene-Edited Babies

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Facebook’s Sci-Fi Plan for Typing with Your Mind and Hearing with Your Skin

Inside the mysterious Building 8, the social network is working on far-out communication technologies.

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Facebook is funding brain experiments to create a device that reads your mind

Big tech firms are trying to read people’s thoughts, and no one’s ready for the consequences.

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The political and faith journey of South Bend's 'Mayor Pete' | National Catholic Reporter

The political and faith journey of South Bend's 'Mayor Pete' | National Catholic Reporter: In the middle of the second round of national debates among Democratic presidential candidates, millions of Americans have been increasingly curious about that mayor with the strange last name from So...

Ambrose, St. Bernard dog and evangelist, was a great grace to many people | National Catholic Reporter

Ambrose, St. Bernard dog and evangelist, was a great grace to many people | National Catholic Reporter: It may be different for the saints and for the mystics, but for the rest of us, the closest we get to an experience of that unconditional love disclosed in the Gospels on this side of the abyss com

What are the different types of Catholicism? --Aleteia

What are the different types of Catholicism? --Aleteia: The Catholic Church has 24 particular "types" or "branches" that have roots in 3 ancient Christian communities.

Judge dismisses DNC hacking lawsuit against Trump team, says claims 'entirely divorced from the facts' | Fox News

Judge dismisses DNC hacking lawsuit against Trump team, says claims 'entirely divorced from the facts' | Fox News: A federal judge in frank terms has dismissed a lawsuit by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) against key members of the Trump campaign over hacked DNC emails, saying they "did not participate in any wrongdoing in obtaining the materials in the first place" and therefore bore no legal liability for disseminating the information.

Trump administration will again waive nuclear sanctions on Iran - The Washington Post

Trump administration will again waive nuclear sanctions on Iran - The Washington Post: Trump sided with Mnuchin over Bolton and Pompeo and agreed to let Iranian nuclear programs continue

Fire destroys historic Texas church; neighbors rescue Blessed Sacrament | Deacon Greg Kandra

Fire destroys historic Texas church; neighbors rescue Blessed Sacrament | Deacon Greg Kandra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtcM35EsyjI Details:  Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Tuesday joined the investigation of the fire that destroyed the 125-year-old Church of the Visitation in Westphalia. ATF agents and investigators from the State Fire Marshal’s Office were focused

New bill aims to weaken US dollar and 'fight back' against currency manipulation

New bill aims to weaken US dollar and 'fight back' against currency manipulation: Senators Tammy Baldwin and Josh Hawley are introducing a bipartisan bill aimed at realigning the U.S. dollar and making American exports more competitive.

Exclusive: China to inspect Argentine crushers, could unlock No. 1 soymeal market - Reuters

Exclusive: China to inspect Argentine crushers, could unlock No. 1 soymeal market - Reuters: A Chinese delegation is set to visit Argentina in August to inspect soymeal crushing plants, Argentine government and industry officials told Reuters, a key step as the South American country looks to open up exports of processed soy to the world's No. 1 consumer.

Blessed Cardinal Newman on Mary’s Immaculate Conception | Dave Armstrong

Blessed Cardinal Newman on Mary’s Immaculate Conception | Dave Armstrong: Collection of marvelous insights on Mary's Immaculate Conception, from the letters and diaries of [soon to be a saint] Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890).

Iran says it's prepared for dialogue if Saudi Arabia also ready - Reuters

Iran says it's prepared for dialogue if Saudi Arabia also ready - Reuters: Iran is prepared for dialogue if Saudi Arabia is also ready, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday, according to the IRIB news agency.

KMT presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu says 2020 election will be life-or-death battle for Taiwan | South China Morning Post

KMT presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu says 2020 election will be life-or-death battle for Taiwan | South China Morning Post

Trump Adviser Tom Barrack Pushed for Saudi Nuclear Deal — and Planned to Profit From It — ProPublica

Trump Adviser Tom Barrack Pushed for Saudi Nuclear Deal — and Planned to Profit From It — ProPublica: Documents released by a congressional committee reveal Barrack’s plan to team up with Arab princes to buy a U.S. nuclear company. Federal prosecutors are investigating foreign influence.

Steps back from the brink at the Strait of Hormuz - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Steps back from the brink at the Strait of Hormuz - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: The United States and Iran may be heading to a showdown at the Strait of Hormuz that could potentially lead to war. The result could be many deaths, serious damage to the world economy, and an Iran hell-bent on acquiring nuclear weapons. Is there any way out?   The Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action (JCPOA) … Continued

US-Iran: avoiding military confrontation - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

US-Iran: avoiding military confrontation - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: US-Iran: avoiding military confrontation As the crunch of the Trump administration’s maximum pressure campaign is being acutely felt by the regime in Iran, the Iranians have been lashing out in recent months—in the Persian Gulf and regarding their nuclear commitments according to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The actions of the regime have … Continued

Restarting negotiations with Iran - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Restarting negotiations with Iran - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: In trying to defuse the increasingly dangerous situation in the Persian Gulf region, which could lead to an inadvertent or accidental conflict between the United States and Iran, it is incumbent upon the United States to take the lead.  Not only is it the leading global power; it is primarily responsible for creating this dangerous … Continued

Three steps toward resolving Iran’s nuclear crisis - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Three steps toward resolving Iran’s nuclear crisis - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Three steps toward resolving Iran’s nuclear crisis The underlying assumptions on the part of Trump administration to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) were the following: 1) by implementing the “maximum pressure” policy, Iran’s oil exports would reach zero; its financial transactions would be fundamentally hindered and Iran’s economy would collapse; 2) … Continued

Never waste a good crisis - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Never waste a good crisis - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Calming the Persian Gulf: The experts on resolving the US-Iran standoff - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Calming the Persian Gulf: The experts on resolving the US-Iran standoff - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Top experts from a variety of countries and with a variety of points of view offer their best and most realistic advice on how the US-Iran impasse might be broken, so a war that neither the United States nor Iran seems eager to begin can be averted.

Subsidies help soybean farmers grow their business - Chinadaily.com.cn

Subsidies help soybean farmers grow their business - Chinadaily.com.cn: More government support encourages planting of the crop

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Development of strains lays ground for breeding new species - Chinadaily.com.cn

Fr. Warren's Week Reflection 7-28-2019

17th Sunday of Ordinary Time 7-28-19 In Eugene O’Neill’s play, “The Great God Brown,” we see a man on his deathbed and he is frightened. At his side is his mother and she speaks to him as though he were still a child saying, “Go to sleep Billy, it is alright.” He replies, “Yes mother.” And then he says, “It was dark and I could not see where I was going. And they all picked on me, they know I am bad.” The mother says, “But you are tired now, go to sleep.” He answers, “But when I wake up what will it be like?” She says, “The sun will be rising.” Then Billy says in great seriousness, “To judge the living and the dead.” And in great fear he says, “I do not want justice, I want love.” Billy shows us that prayer originates in our concept of God. St. John tells us that God is love. Billy fears God may be justice. These are different viewpoints and your viewpoint is going to color the way you pray. If you see God as an all-seeing, critical eye or whether you see God as a pair of arms that embrace you. Obviously, that is going to influence the way you pray. So ask yourself, “What is my image of God? What is God like for you? A loving friend or a strict taskmaster?” There is a woman, Sandra Johnson, a mother of two girls who writes in Commweal Magazine about her prayer life. She is a lawyer who teaches and lectures. She is on the road quite a bit so she has to make time for prayer. Both she and her husband belong to a prayer group that meets monthly. She also makes two short retreats a year. On the other side she says, “There are times when I do not pray. My prayer life is dry and my relationship with God is distant.” There is also another side to her life. Sandra’s husband has multiple sclerosis. They have known about it for five years. She says, “Only recently have I been willing to listen to what that means in relationship to God’s plan for me, my husband and family.” She says she is able to cope only with the help of her prayer group. I like the question she asks, “What does this mean? This terrible tragedy in relationship to God’s plan for me.” And the only way she can come to terms with that is through prayer. And I suspect it is the same with many of us. What does it mean when you’re disappointed? What does it mean when you’re being fired from work? What does it mean to be alienated from your family? What does it mean to be divorced? What does it mean to be told of a terrible illness? What does it mean to say, “I am addicted?” What does it mean to come to terms with the decision to put a parent in a nursing home? What does all this terribleness mean? How do I handle it? How do I cope? The only way I know to come to terms with these things is through prayer. You want to know what this or that tragedy means in reference to your relationship with God and those around you. Talk to God--that is why we come here every week to share with God and each other. There are two more things about prayer. First, there is what I call the prayer of embarrassment. You know people who do not think of God in good times but let tragedy or sickness strike and they are banging on the church door. And I hear it all the time, I never go to church and I never pray. I never really think of God. Now the chips are down, the doctor told me I have cancer so now I am turning to God. But I almost feel squeamish or embarrassed. People like that forget that God has no pride. You are dealing with a God who is so humble yet so foolish and stupid in our eyes that this God runs to meet the prodigal. This God leaves the ninety-nine to look for the one. God is probably the only one in our lives who stoops to conquer. So never let the prayer of embarrassment stop you from approaching God. It is music to God’s ears. Secondly, we have the prayer of hindsight. Everyone who is over twenty-five knows what that is. You go through life; there are things that are terrible and painful, ones that leave scars. But sometimes, when you look back in hindsight, you can say to the Lord, “I never want to go through that again. But it made me a better person; it made a difference in the way I look at life. And the way I live life, the way I treat others.” The gospel tells us today: Ask and will receive... Seek and you will find... Knock and the door will be opened... One thing that we have to realize is that in prayer God will not always give us what we ask for. But God will always give us what we need.

Yours in Christ, Fr. Bob Warren, SA

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Globalization Isn’t Dying, It’s Just Evolving

Globalization Isn’t Dying, It’s Just Evolving: For good or bad, we are more exposed to a global culture of ideas than we have ever been. And we are only becoming more global as a result.

We Should Thank Amazon for Letting Us Have Jobs

We Should Thank Amazon for Letting Us Have Jobs: A Quillette writer defends Amazon, citing “Jeff Bezos’s generosity” and a general fear that Amazon will lay a lot of people off if it’s criticized too harshly.

Democratic Debate: CNN Steals the Show, and Everyone Loses - Bloomberg

Democratic Debate: CNN Steals the Show, and Everyone Loses - Bloomberg: The Democratic debate on Tuesday night failed to showcase important issues because its moderators were too busy showcasing themselves.

U.S. judge tosses Democratic Party lawsuit against Trump campaign, Russia over election - Reuters

U.S. judge tosses Democratic Party lawsuit against Trump campaign, Russia over election - Reuters: A U.S. judge on Tuesday dismissed a Democratic Party lawsuit arguing that the Russian government, President Donald Trump’s campaign and WikiLeaks carried out a conspiracy to influence the 2016 U.S. election.

The Trump Administration’s Death Penalty Cult | The Nation

The Trump Administration’s Death Penalty Cult | The Nation: William Barr’s decision amounts to playing politics with death.

Pentagon Study Shows Violence Has Skyrocketed in Africa

Pentagon Study Shows Violence Has Skyrocketed in Africa: Despite a sharp increase in U.S. military operations, militant Islamist activity there has doubled on the continent since 2012.

Your Next iPhone Might Be Made in Vietnam. Thank the Trade War. - The New York Times

Your Next iPhone Might Be Made in Vietnam. Thank the Trade War. - The New York Times

Living without water: the crisis pushing people out of El Salvador

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jul/30/el-salvador-water-crisis-privatization-gangs-corruption

Facebook has just launched its fact-checking operation in the UK

Facebook has just launched its fact-checking operation in the UK

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Facebook is funding brain experiments to create a device that reads your mind

Big tech firms are trying to read people’s thoughts, and no one’s ready for the consequences.

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614034/facebook-is-funding-brain-experiments-to-create-a-device-that-reads-your-mind/

A hacker stole the personal data of 100 million Capital One customers

A hacker stole the personal data of 100 million Capital One customers

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John Paul II’s butler relates a miracle obtained through Wojtyla’s intercession

John Paul II’s butler relates a miracle obtained through Wojtyla’s intercession: “John Paul II performed a miracle for me and for my family,” says Angelo Gugel, a butler who personally served three popes at the Vatican: Luciani, Wojtila, and Ratzinger.  In an interv…

Bishop Barron's Gospel Reflection July 30, 2019

Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

Matthew 13:36-43

Friends, in our Gospel today Jesus explains the parable of the weeds among the wheat. God’s word creates the Church, the community of those who strive to build up the kingdom. But this Church is never absolutely pure and untrammeled, for God’s ways are opposed by a spiritual power, an enemy. His task is to sow weeds among the wheat—clandestinely, quietly, unobtrusively. This sort of coming together of good and evil is to be expected. The Church will always be a place of saints and sinners, and the sinners will often look like saints. The enemy of the Church, who never rests, ensures it. Vigilance in regards to evil is necessary in a fallen world, yet we must be wary of a zeal that, in its passion for setting things right, comes to believe that evil can be dealt with by destroying what is good. In the midst of a fallen world, what is expected of us is that we live in hope that at the end, at harvest time, the Master will separate the good from the bad. Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 402 Reading 1 Ex 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28 The tent, which was called the meeting tent, Moses used to pitch at some distance away, outside the camp. Anyone who wished to consult the LORD would go to this meeting tent outside the camp. Whenever Moses went out to the tent, the people would all rise and stand at the entrance of their own tents, watching Moses until he entered the tent. As Moses entered the tent, the column of cloud would come down and stand at its entrance while the LORD spoke with Moses. On seeing the column of cloud stand at the entrance of the tent, all the people would rise and worship at the entrance of their own tents. The LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, as one man speaks to another. Moses would then return to the camp, but his young assistant, Joshua, son of Nun, would not move out of the tent. Moses stood there with the LORD and proclaimed his name, "LORD." Thus the LORD passed before him and cried out, "The LORD, the LORD, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in kindness and fidelity, continuing his kindness for a thousand generations, and forgiving wickedness and crime and sin; yet not declaring the guilty guiltless, but punishing children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation for their fathers' wickedness!" Moses at once bowed down to the ground in worship. Then he said, "If I find favor with you, O LORD, do come along in our company. This is indeed a stiff-necked people; yet pardon our wickedness and sins, and receive us as your own." So Moses stayed there with the LORD for forty days and forty nights, without eating any food or drinking any water, and he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. Gospel Mt 13:36-43 Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field." He said in reply, "He who sows good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, the good seed the children of the Kingdom. The weeds are the children of the Evil One, and the enemy who sows them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. Just as weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his Kingdom all who cause others to sin and all evildoers. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears ought to hear."