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CUPIDITY

Avarice or greed. It stresses the intensity and compelling nature of the desire for wealth or possessions. (Etym. Latin cupiditas, greediness, desire, covetousness; Cupid, god of love.)

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Memorial of St. Barnabas, Apostle

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Today is the Memorial of St. Barnabas, Apostle, who was designated by the Holy Spirit to share the charge and mission of the twelve Apostles, is venerated by the Church as one of them. He played an important part in the first extension of Christianity outside the Jewish world. It was Barnabas who presented…

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