Pondering over this fragment of the Gospel, we can draw a very important lesson: First of all, the supremacy of prayer, without which all the apostolate endeavors, and that of charity, will be reduced to activism.

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Cecil, meanwhile, was immediately pondering fresh targets for Twice Over.

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They chew over great mutual concerns, sometimes with gentle teasing, mostly helping each other over intellectual obstacles, pondering the way ahead and the lessons of the path already taken.

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Over at The Big Picture today, Barry Ritholz is pondering whether Facebook has missed its IPO window.

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SitiCable plans to offer Internet access over cable in a dozen cities within the next six months and is pondering ways to raise the money.

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They could begin by pondering what an unemployed 28-year-old makes of a ruling elite that expends so much energy feuding over how bureaucrats rewrote a set of talking points.

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