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Twenty-eighth Sunday
of Ordinary Time A
October 15, 2017
Spirituality of the Readings

John Foley, SJ

All Good Gifts

How dare we stuff ourselves with lush food and every other kind of riches with so many people starving in today’s world? Shouldn’t we abstain and deny ourselves? Isn’t the “First World” currently fattened on food far more lavish than the ancients ever dreamt of?

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In Exile

Ron Rolheiser

Innocence, Complexity, and Sanctity

A friend of mine is fond of saying this about innocence: As an adult, I wouldn’t give a penny for the naïve purity of a child, but I would give everything to find true childlike innocence inside the complexity of my adult life.

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Glancing Thoughts

Eleonore Stump

Rich and juicy

Rich food is the kind that our culture warns us against. Everything shouts at us that if we want to look good and be healthy, the one thing we should be sure to avoid is rich food.

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The Perspective of Justice

Gerald Darring

The Wedding Banquet

The kingdom has been prepared, and it is coming. Jesus likened it to a wedding banquet to which the invited guests are summoned.

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Discussion Questions

Anne Osdieck

Peripheries

The readings show God bestowing gifts without measure. Maybe we “measure” when we give. How could we be a little freer?

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A Poem to Sit With

J. Janda

Christ Our Earth    

He will not
coerce
or force our
love

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