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17th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Year C
July 24, 2022
Spirituality of the Readings

John Foley, SJ

Ask and You Will Receive

Why do we have to
pray and pray over and over for what we need? Why must we haggle?

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In Exile

Ron Rolheiser
OMI

The Power of Prayer and Ritual Inside Our Helplessness

We’ve all had the feeling at times when in the face of a dire situation we need to do something, but there’s nothing we can do.

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Glancing Thoughts

Eleonore Stump

Ask, Ask, Ask, Ask, Ask

The first thing to notice about the Lord’s prayer is that it is full of petitions. 

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The Perspective of Justice

Gerald Darring

On Behalf of Justice

The problem is a lack of Christians personally committed to the pursuit of justice and peace.

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Discussion Questions

Anne Osdieck

Our Father

Do you think God already knows all your prayers of petition?

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A Poem to
Sit With

J Janda

The Turning

the countless leaves on the Russian olive outside my window

so silver—so green

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