Spirituality of the Readings
John Foley, SJ
First Things First
Maybe you are spending your life on what is of small value:
what you will eat, what you will wear, how long you will live.
These things do not last. They are too far down the scale of
values.
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In Exile
Ron Rolheiser
Secrets of the Kingdom
He couldn’t remember so clearly the first part of the
game. He hadn’t scored. He remembered all the parents
jumping and screaming every time there was a goal scored and
they hadn’t jumped and screamed for him.
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Glancing Thoughts
Eleonore Stump
No Worries
When things get bad enough for a person, he can think that God
has abandoned him. And that really is the worst. That is the
extrinsic lower limit on the scale of bad things that can
happen to a person.
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The Perspective of Justice
Gerald Darring
The Love Of God
God's love and justice are different from ours. The Gospel
teaches us that in the just world of God, the sorrowing are
consoled, the lowly inherit the land, the hungry have their
fill, and the persecuted rejoice at being insulted and
slandered.
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Discussion Questions
Anne Osdieck
Fully Present
Pope Francis says that Jesus asked us to contemplate the
lilies of the field and the birds. If every person and
creature has something to say to us, what do you learn from
the lilies and birds when you really look at them?
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