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All Souls (Commemoration of the
Faithful Departed)
November 2, 2014



Study of the Readings

Ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman, et al.


• Words, Phrases
• To the point

• First Two Readings
Experience


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The Word Embodied

John
Kavanaugh, S. J.

Wholeheart- edness of the Saints

Wholehearted- ness means that we present everything of ourselves before our God, even our dust and dross. The gift is not taken away, it is transformed. We are not robbed, we are revitalized.

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Historical Cultural Context

John J. Pilch

Love, Hate and Group Attachment

The kind of group attachment that characterized the cultural world of Jesus is highly desired but difficult to attain in Western culture. As precious a cultural value as it is, Western individualism proves to be the biggest obstacle to community.

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Thoughts from the
Early Church


Catherine of Genoa

That is why the soul seeks to cast off
any and all impediments, so that it can be lifted up to God;
and such impediments
are the cause of the suffering of the souls in purgatory.

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Scripture In Depth

Reginald H. Fuller

Our life, even the best of Christian lives, even the lives of the saints, are characterized by a “not yet” that cries out for completion. “Eye has not seen nor ear heard what God has prepared for those who love him.”

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