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31st Sunday of Ordinary Time
October 30, 2022
Spirituality of the Readings

John Foley, SJ

Up a Tree

Impossible that so huge a God could or actually would love microorganisms like us. We are smaller than small. Too small to make any difference.

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In Exile

Ron Rolheiser

Gospel Challenge

The gospels are not so much a spiritual and moral theology book that tell us what we should be doing, but are more an account of what God has already done for us.

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Glancing Thoughts

Eleonore Stump

True Greatness

What is it about Zacchaeus that makes him win an honor bigger than the Nobel prize or the Olympic gold medal? What are the standards of greatness on God’s standards of value?

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Reflections

Larry
Gillick, SJ

Gifts

In our celebration of the Eucharistic Liturgy, we enter in to a “holy exchange” in which we are both the receivers and the gifts at the same time.

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The Perspective of Justice

Gerald Darring

Unveiling the Truth

Zacchaeus was a terrible person because he collaborated, as a tax collector, with the hated occupiers. Jesus unveiled the truth about the man, who in reality was concerned for the welfare of others.

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Discussion Questions

Anne Osdieck

Awakened

When you are “shaken out of your mind suddenly on your spiritual journey, do you think God can use your fellow believers or even non-believers to help you out?

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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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