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Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
July 8, 2018
Spirituality of the Readings

John Foley, SJ

Faith

If an action called “faith” were all it took to save a person, it would imply no connection to God or Jesus or the Holy Spirit. People would just squeeze out an “act of faith” and that would be all they needed.

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In Exile

Ron Rolheiser

The Smoldering Ashes of Our Faith

Who and what helped give us faith? Of course, that’s a deeply personal question that each of us can only answer for himself or herself. For myself, when I try to go back and touch the roots of my faith a number of things come into focus.

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Glancing Thoughts

Eleonore Stump

Fed by the Lord

In my world, if you want bread, you have to go to the store for what you need, and you have to pay for what you get there too. And if you grumble against God angrily, you get a guilty conscience; you don’t get bread falling from the sky.

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The Perspective of Justice

Gerald Darring

A Prophetic Race

We believe that we are a prophetic race, called to be prophets in the midst of “a rebellious house.” Our task is “to bring Good News to the poor,” to speak God’s word in such a way that “they shall know that a prophet has been among them.”

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Discussion Questions

Anne Osdieck

The Prophets

“My grace is sufficient for you.” Do you rely on these words? How often do you bring them out and use them?

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A Poem to
Sit With

J. Janda


As fish live
only
in water

we live
only
in Christ

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