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Twenty-ninth Sunday
of Ordinary Time A
October 22, 2017
Spirituality of the Readings

John Foley, SJ

Which One?

Are you a “Sunday Catholic,” giving to God maybe an hour per week at Mass (if that!) and then getting on with life: television and cars and food and work, etc.?

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In Exile

Ron Rolheiser

Honesty as Sobriety

We are all weak, we all fail, we all commit sin. God understands this and it is not so much the sin itself that harms us. What causes the real harm is lying, covering up, sneaking around, not being transparent, living a double life.

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Glancing Thoughts

Eleonore Stump

The image

Each of us bears stamped in his soul the image of God. It is an honor and a glory to us, each one of us without exception, that we are in the image of God. But it is also an awesome responsibility.

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The Perspective of Justice

Gerald Darring

The Innermost Truth

The god that we make of pleasure and comfort, soothing our senses with physical satisfaction and enjoyment, is a false god. 

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Discussion Questions

Anne Osdieck

Hypocrisy

St. Paul says, “For our Gospel did not come to you in word alone, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with much conviction.” Does the Holy Spirit allow us to enter more into the sense of Christ’s words?

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A Poem to Sit With

J. Janda

Patterns    

Again I was

running

from you, Lord


when I fell

into

that field

of

clover

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