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23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Year B
September 5, 2021
Spirituality of the Readings

John Foley, SJ

He Began to Teach Them

Let us ask ourselves whether the intimate presence of God is part of what we desire in our own lives.

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In Exile

Ron Rolheiser
OMI

Repent

My heart would want nothing other than to embrace the whole world and everyone in it.

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Glancing Thoughts

Eleonore Stump

Being Able to Hear

Before Jesus does a miracle, Jesus talks to the person for whom the miracle will be done. In this case, he does charades.

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The Perspective of Justice

Gerald Darring

At the Same Table

Mark presents Jesus as the kind of savior prophesied by Isaiah, one who “makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

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Discussion Questions

Anne Osdieck

Open Heart

Do you give the same respect to people who have money and prestige as to those who don’t?

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A Poem to
Sit With

J Janda

The Light

You cannot change others, no

but you can see them with new eyes

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