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Segment 1: God’s Infinite Mercy

This weekend we conclude the octave of Easter with the great Feast of the Divine Mercy. Marcus reflects on the meaning of God’s mercy and justice.

Segment 2: Dorothy Day’s Radical Love (2 segments)

Zohran Mamdani’s platform centers on New York’s affordability crisis and includes promises to freeze rents for two million rent-stabilized tenants, build two hundred thousand new affordable units, and provide government-run grocery stores and free universal childcare. Dorothy Day was a radical New Yorker as well. Both Mamdani and Day are defined by their commitment to workers and the poor, but only one still stands as a radical in the fight for justice, and it isn’t Mamdani. Thomas Dias has more.

Segment 3: The “Necessary Sin” of Adam?

If you attended the Easter Vigil last weekend, you may have noticed the line in the Exsultet that celebrates the “necessary sin of Adam.” We typically think of Jesus’ sacrifice as the necessary response to Adam’s sin, so what about the sin itself was so necessary?



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