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Solemnity
of All Saints
November 1, 2021
Spirituality of the Readings

John Foley, SJ

How Blessed Are You?

By Jesus’ day, people would have recognized a beatitude when it was spoken and would have been at home with it.

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In Exile

Ron Rolheiser

Against An Eternal Horizon

There are no perfect lives. There is no heaven this side of eternity.

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Glancing Thoughts

Eleonore Stump

The Blood of the Lamb

When we participate in the Eucharist, the blood of Christ comes into us; and so Christ’s life comes into us too.

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Reflections

Larry
Gillick, SJ

The Hand of God

We cannot hold that God, who is infinite love, would torture for the sake of purification.

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The Perspective of Justice

Gerald Darring

All Saints

The world sets up the rich in first place; Jesus put the poor on top of the world.

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Discussion Questions

Anne Osdieck

The Way

Moses received the ten commandments on the mountain. Compare and contrast this with Jesus giving the beatitudes in his sermon on the mount.

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A Poem to
Sit With

J Janda

that
first step of faith ...

is a choice
we seek
in the light
of Christ

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