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Ascension of the Lord
May 21, 2023
Spirituality of the Readings

John Foley, SJ

Stay a While

What sort of lives could Jesus’ followers find after the very center of their lives had been taken away?

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In Exile

Ron Rolheiser

The Mystery of Presence and Absence in Love

Absence can help wash clean. What the pain of absence does is stretch our hearts so that the essence, the beauty, the love, and the gift of the one who is absent can flow to us.

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Glancing Thoughts

Eleonore Stump

Traveling Mercies

When one of my children was traveling to Bangladesh, I made a list of dos and don’ts for him. It was a list intended to help keep him safe.

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The Perspective of Justice

Gerald Darring

The Mission in the World

During the period dominated by Trent and Vatican I, the Catholic Church was defensive in its approach to the world.

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Discussion Questions

Anne Osdieck

Never Alone

The Holy Spirit is sometimes called the Comforter. How does the Spirit comfort you, if you suffer?

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A Poem to
Sit With

J Janda

The Dismissal

the gate is open

I will take you by the hand and lead you

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