Spirituality of the
Readings
John
Foley,
SJ
Surprise!
Some of us have witnessed with our own eyes the death of people much treasured by us. Each of us will die too ... Is this some kind of cruel joke? Isn’t death the end of everything, as contemporary unbelievers insist?
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Exile
Ron Rolheiser, OMI
Some Personal Mini-Creeds
In this life there is no such thing as a clear-cut pure joy. But this intimate experience in which every bit of life is touched by a bit of death can point us beyond the limits of our existence.
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| Glancing Thoughts
Eleonore Stump
The Humanity of the Lord
No one asks Jesus for help in the case of the widow’s son. In this unusual case, Jesus sizes up the situation without anyone’s telling him anything ... Somehow he seems to know that she is a widow and that this is her only child; and he is moved with pity for her.
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Discussion Questions
Anne
Osdieck
The Word
of God
According to Pope Francis, what does Jesus do that lets us know he didn't come merely to explain suffering, but to suffer with us and weep with us?
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