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Join us next week as we discuss one of the chapters from a new @OrbisBooks collection “The Word Became Culture.” Dr Davila @mtdavila will discuss the “preferential option for the poor: a challenge to faith in a culture of privilege.” RSVP at the link below:
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Birthday of Karl Rahner, SJ. “The real and total and comprehensive task of a Christian . . . is to be a human being, a human being of course whose depths are divine. . . . To this extent Christian life is the acceptance of human existence as such.”
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FD of St Kieran of Saighir, the first native-born saint of Ireland. His wonderful legends involve his intimacy with the natural world. He began his life as a hermit who gathered a community of animals, his first disciples: Brother Boar, Brother Badger, Brother Fox, Brother Wolf.
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Today's gospel reading: the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, separated after death by a chasm that mirrors the chasm that existed in life--a chasm erected by the rich man's indifference. Only now their status is reversed.
The parable of the rich man and Lazarus is an illustration of what Pope Francis calls the “culture of indifference” that makes it impossible for us to recognize our poor neighbors as brothers and sisters.
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For those living in the affluent world, indifferent to the misery of the majority who struggle to survive, the message could not be more challenging. "Who weeps for these?" Pope Francis says, referring to families who drown in the sea while seeking to escape from lives of misery.
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Sorry I wasn't there! Look forward to hearing a recording. "Luminaries Join Peace Studies Class for Tribute to Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg" - projectcensored.org/luminari…
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William Stringfellow, lay theologian, lawyer, prophet, d 3/2 1985. In many books he defined what he called an American moral theology, seeking "to relate the American experience of society and nationhood to the biblical saga and social witness." @OrbisBooks
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Addressing poverty, war, racism, sexism, and the abuse of political and ecclesial authority, his concern was "to understand America biblically"--counter to the opposite and all-too-commmon tendency, namely, to understand the Bible 'Americanly.'" His chronic illness fostered a...
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Though apparently never a star player, Pope Francis is a famously avid football fan. @batear shows how sports also informs his social teaching. Pope Francis and his 'secular encyclical' on sport ncronline.org/news/media/the… via @ncronline
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Another forthcoming title from @OrbisBooks Religion Book Review: Eyes of Compassion: Learning from Thich Nhat Hanh by Jim Forest. Orbis, $20 (160p) ISBN 978-1-62698-424-0 publishersweekly.com/978-1-6… via @publisherswkly
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