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Second Sunday of Easter
April 28, 2019
Spirituality of the Readings

John Foley, SJ

A Leap
of Faith

I once knew a man whose doubts were based in deep fear. For a long time he nearly drowned in fear and doubt.

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In Exile

Ron Rolheiser

Dark Nights of Faith in Our Lives

What is a dark night of the soul? A dark night of the soul is an experience where our felt-sense of God dries up and disappears.

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Glancing Thoughts

Eleonore Stump

Trust after Heartbreak

Why did Christ first appear when Thomas was absent? Why single Thomas out in this way?

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The Perspective of Justice

Gerald Darring

Believing

One reason why we are so far from the Kingdom is that we refuse to believe what we have not seen.

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Discussion Questions

Anne Osdieck

Wounds

In this reading, John says he fell down “as though dead.” Christ, who “once was dead, but now am alive,” touched him and raised him up. Could this vision give you strength to do good things?

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A Poem to Sit With

J. Janda

Sanguis Pretios-issimum

the
image
on the cross looked
down

while a drop of
blood
from the nailed foot
fell on my eyes

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