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31st Sunday of Ordinary Time
Year A
November 5, 2023
Spirituality of the Readings

John Foley, SJ

Humble Contradictions

If I am lowly, the result would seem to be, quite simply, that I am not exalted. The Gospel reverses this logic and thus presents an enigma.

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In Exile

Ron Rolheiser, OMI

Gratitude the Basic Virtue

The failure to be properly grateful, to take as owed what’s offered as gift, lies at the root of many of our deepest resentments towards others—and their resentments towards us.

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Glancing Thoughts

Eleonore Stump

A Mothering God

How can a child who is being weaned and is also on his mother’s lap understand the suffering of the weaning? What he wants is right there; there is nothing bad about his having it—it costs his mother nothing to satisfy him; the pain of doing without it is sharp and urgent.

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The Perspective of Justice

Gerald Darring

Living the Faith

We people of religion are all too often like the Pharisees, laying heavy loads on other people’s shoulders without lifting a finger to budge them ourselves.

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Discussion Questions

Anne Osdieck

Being a Servant

Think of people about whom you can say, “I see God at work in that person.” What is it that you “see” in them? How is the word of God at work in you?

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A Poem to
Sit With

J Janda

ER: Diagnostic Imaging

I used to
hate myself
pretty much
but I ain't
done that
no more

since I seen
the Light

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