Today we are in a struggle like that between Moses and Balak, or between Jesus and the religious authorities, a battle to the death between God’s people and a pagan secular culture.
                
                    
                        Homily for Monday in 3rd Week of Advent
Balaam was a prophet for hire.  He was a wealthy and respected prophet of Yahweh, but he was not an Israelite.  Balak, a king who was in the way of Israel as they moved toward the Promised Land, was nervous about all these people moving across his territory.
                        
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