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30th Sunday of Ordinary Time
October 23, 2022
Spirituality of the Readings

John Foley, SJ

The Cry of the Poor

Anyone who can force their prayers through to heaven must be able to get everything he wants. No worries about being weak or unworthy: such a one has command over the Most High God!

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In Exile

Ron Rolheiser

Humility, Ego, and Greatness

Nobody does anything great without a strong ego, and that doesn’t mean that he or she isn’t humble.

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Glancing Thoughts

Eleonore Stump

The Worst Kind of Pride

Now what exactly is wrong with the Pharisee’s prayer?

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The Perspective of Justice

Gerald Darring

Pharisaism

If no one is racist, then why is there racism? If everyone is for peace, then why is there peacelessness?

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Discussion Questions

Anne Osdieck

The Humble Ones

The Pharisee says a prayer in this Gospel. Is it to God or to himself? If you were in God’s place, what kind of prayers of the two would you answer first? Which one has a sincere heart?

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A Poem to
Sit With

J Janda

Christ Our Earth

to deny that I am rooted in Christ

is a lie— delusion

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