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Twenty-fifth Sunday
of Ordinary Time A
September 24, 2017
Spirituality of the Readings

John Foley, SJ

Just Imagine

Why does the gospel get such special attention at Mass? Why do we hold the book up and parade it to the pulpit? Could it be because it is a story? We are struck by the narrative about Jesus, much more than we are by the sometimes complicated theology in Paul’s letters.

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In Exile

Ron Rolheiser

The Wages of Celibacy

I have been deeply nurtured, as a Christian and as a human being, by the lives of vowed celibates, by numerous priests, sisters, and brothers whose lives have touched my own and whose “abnormality” served precisely to make them wonderfully fruitful.

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Glancing Thoughts

Eleonore Stump

What Is Owed to the Laborers

When it comes to eternal life, what is justice? What does any human person deserve? What, actually, does God owe him?

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The Perspective of Justice

Gerald Darring

God's Justice

We think of justice in terms of what is fair, of what people deserve. … But God doesn’t see it that way. God thinks of justice in terms of people’s dignity, their right to a decent life.

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Discussion Questions

Anne Osdieck

Open Doors

Isaiah is writing about a call to conversion in this reading. Do you withhold mercy when your friend offends you?

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A Poem to Sit With

J. Janda

Lord of the Revels    

the heart
is troubled
is divided

and afraid
to believe
in dreams

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