Spirituality of the
Readings
John
Foley,
SJ
Hungry?
[The widow] had been collecting wood to cook the very last meal she and her young son would ever eat. After that they would die of starvation and thirst! In effect, Elijah was demanding their last meal for himself.
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Exile
Ron Rolheiser, OMI
Besotted by Celebrity
It isn't surprising that we are so besotted with the famous. They appear to us as
gods—omni-present and immortal. But does fame really make one's life larger?
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| Glancing Thoughts
Eleonore
Stump
Honor
Widows tend to have little money and less power. A person who preys on widows is really dishonorable. But the scribes are dishonorable even just in striving for honor, aren’t they? If you saw your mother trying hard to get to be honored by others, you’d be ashamed for her, wouldn’t you?
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The Perspective
of
Justice
Gerald
Darring
"In Teaching Us Charity"
The poor may or may not have society on their side, but there is no doubt
where God stands: The Lord “secures justice for the oppressed, gives food
to the hungry, ... and sustains the fatherless and the widow.”
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