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What kind of faith survives pressure, wealth, leadership, ignorance, and even martyrdom? In today’s readings, Hermas walks us through mountains of believers—hospitable bishops, cheerful martyrs, childlike saints, and compromised servants—and reminds us that fruit differs, repentance is urgent, and shepherds will give an account. Augustine then sharpens our discernment: ignorance about creation is tolerable, but arrogance dressed as piety is deadly. Charity bears weakness, but false authority must be rejected. And Aquinas takes us into the mystery of God Himself, explaining that divine “procession” is not movement or change, but the eternal generation of the Word within the unity of the divine essence. Across all three readings, the theme is clarity: clarity of  ...