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Looking More Closely at the Word
23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Year B
September 8, 2024
Working with the Word

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, SJ

  “Faith, Yes, But ... ”

Concern for the poor and the marginal is not a pet theory fabricated by liberation theologians or some left-wing ideology. It is as old as Isaiah.

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Historical Cultural Context

John J. Pilch

Deaf and Mute

In antiquity, the hands were the customary vehicle by which a healer transmitted therapeutic power to the client.

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Thoughts from the Early Church

Lawrence of Brindisi

If God has done all his good works and done them well for our sake, knowing that we take pleasure in goodness, why I ask do we not endeavor to make all our works good and to do them well.

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Let the Scriptures Speak

Dennis
Hamm, SJ

The Mute Will Sing

The summons to the life of faith usually comes through a word that is heard.

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Scripture In Depth

Reginald H. Fuller

James’ Church consists of rich and poor members, and a concern for the proper respect of the poor-as-persons surfaces immediately.

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