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Thirty-third Sunday
of Ordinary Time A
November 19, 2017
Spirituality of the Readings

John Foley, SJ

Fear Factor

God gives all this free of charge, gives to us our own lives with all their rewards and disappointments and catastrophes and he says to us, dive in!

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In Exile

Ron Rolheiser

Never Grow Weary

Sometimes, in the name of virtue and loyalty, we are encouraged to absorb abuse, but that is antithetical to what Jesus did. He loved, challenged, and carried tension in a way that took away the sins of the world.

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Glancing Thoughts

Eleonore Stump

True Humility and Talents

So what is humility? It is the opposite of pride—but what is pride? Pride isn’t thinking that there is some excellence, some talent, in yourself when there really is. Rather, pride is a failure to recognize that talent as given by the Lord.

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The Perspective of Justice

Gerald Darring

What Is Entrusted Us

God created plants and animals to live on this wonderful earth and revel in its beauty: What will happen when God returns to find so many of them driven to extinction by our destructive practices?

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Discussion Questions

Anne Osdieck

Great Ideals

Are you willing to take risks, or are you paralyzed by fear? If you were a leader in the Church, what kind of risks would you take to insure growth of the faithful?

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A Poem to Sit With

J. Janda

The Light:    

you

can

see them

with

new eyes

Christ eyes

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