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Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time
August 18, 2024
Spirituality of the Readings

John Foley, SJ

What Do You Want?

We are small beings. We keep our equilibrium only by precarious balancing of need and fulfillment. Even our existence is given to us second by second, never all at once.

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In Exile

Ron Rolheiser

Christ Still Has Human Flesh

Only Christ saves, admittedly. But where is the reality of Christ? Was the incarnation only a 33-year experiment, a one-shot incursion by God into human history?

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Glancing Thoughts

Eleonore Stump

Tasting in Order to See

To the Nazis, Hitler’s badge symbolized all the things in the world most worth having. At the end of his life, Hitler gave that gold badge as a gift to Magda Goebbels and she said that it was the proudest moment of her life when he did.

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The Perspective of Justice

Gerald Darring

Becoming Food

The reading from Ephesians encourages the Church to reflect in its life the unity of the Trinity: Christians are to walk in the Spirit and give thanks to the Father in the name of Jesus Christ.

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Discussion Questions

Anne Osdieck

Love and Beauty

Outside the liturgical setting what are some ways you can show love for your neighbors other than “greeting them with songs”?

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A Poem to
Sit With

Patterns

J Janda

I shall not leave you orphans

my Spirit is given
you

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