Spirituality of the
Readings
John Foley,
S. J.
Passionate Love
Doesn’t God forgive sinners instead of whipping them with cords and hurling tables onto the floor (what a mess) and heaving the many carefully sorted coins all over the place? Was this an act of love? How could it be?
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| In
Exile
Ron Rolheiser, OMI
Religious Coinage
When Jesus says, “take all of this out of here and stop using my Father’s house as a market,” he is teaching something beyond the need to be honest and beyond the need to not be buying and selling on church property.
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| Glancing Thoughts
Eleonore
Stump
What is the Temple?
Paul tells us that each one of us is the temple of God. Jesus says that the true Temple is his body. So, what is the Temple then?
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| The Perspective of
Justice
Gerald
Darring
You
are the temple of God
Is this temple (the People of God) only for the presence of
God? What else is there in this temple? Are there false gods
as well, such as the gods of wealth and power?
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Discussion Questions
Anne
Osdieck
Fresh Water
Compare salt water with fresh water. What does the following sentence mean to you:
“This water empties into the sea—the salt water—which it makes fresh”?
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