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Fifth Sunday of Lent C
April 7, 2019
Spirituality of the Readings

John Foley, SJ

Caught!

Pretend that you are the woman in Sunday’s Gospel. You have been “caught in adultery.” The officials shove you into a mob of people.

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In Exile

Ron Rolheiser

Unfinished Relationships

We aren’t the only ones who come up short. At the moment of Jesus’ death, virtually all of his disciples had deserted.

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Glancing Thoughts

Eleonore Stump

Caught and Shamed

If this woman was caught in the very act of adultery, as her captors say, then there had to have been a man with her when she was caught. Where is he?

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The Perspective of Justice

Gerald Darring

The Essential Key

It is easy for the Christian to take a self-righteous attitude toward the world; it is much more difficult to take Jesus’ attitude.

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Discussion Questions

Anne Osdieck

Forgetting

St. Paul says, “forgetting what lies behind … I continue my pursuit toward the goal.” So, do you “forget” what lies behind? Or do you drive down a highway constantly looking in your rearview mirror?

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A Poem to
Sit With

Tasks

J Janda

a fist shaken

against anyone

or anything

can be relaxed

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