| Spirituality of the Readings
John Foley, SJ
Light to the Nations
[Jesus] became a light to all nations—not a light instead of other lights, not the light that puts out all others, but that most rare and poignant beam of all. His glow gives fiber and strength and depth to each and every other light that shines.
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| In Exile
Ron Rolheiser
The Struggle With Terrorism
The enemy, in the end is not a person, a country, or a religion, but hatred itself. Only hatred can call forth this kind of sickness, indiscriminate murder done in God’s name.
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| Glancing Thoughts
Eleonore Stump
The Way Things Are
God will call his people and shepherd them—but he will not force them. And so countless children die because of the evil of other human beings. But the powerless baby Jesus is God’s best hope of healing for human evil. Jesus is God’s call of love.
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| The Perspective of Justice
Gerald Darring
Perfected Revelation
Jesus is revealed in our own day. He is revealed as the Word of God speaking to us in the marvelous workings of nature, in the achievements of the human spirit, and in the dialogue between Church and world.
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| Discussion Questions
Anne Osdieck
Divine Mystery
In response to God’s message, the Magi rode camels across half the known world. Is there anything that would cause you to put forth effort like that? What made their search worth it for them?
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