Whoever Has Ears Ought to … Listen

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The seven churches of Asia named in the opening chapters of Revelation all had their strong points… and the places where evil was testing them. Of the two cited in today’s first reading, Sardis is warned to repent; Laodicea’s lukewarmness to the Lord is noted.

Now, I suppose one could attempt to tie the shortcomings of the churches to those of t...