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Joshua’s discourse reflects the history of the salvation of God’s people. It outlines both their religious and historical identity. This is who they are.
There are lots of ways to bring about reconciliation. What’s not acceptable is to leave the offender to himself or herself.
Wandering the streets of Rome, the Franciscan spirit is alive. It breathes. We pilgrims inhale deeply.
‘We sat for a long time in Santo Stefano, long enough for a concrete sense of the passage of time to dissipate.’
A year after the catastrophic Beirut port blast, the wounds of the people in Lebanon are scarred by the memory of the tragedy, and cries for justice escalate. This year, Aug. 4 was declared a national day of mourning in Lebanon.
Journeying to holy places, like the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, is as much an inward journey as outward.
‘Every step I took on the pilgrimage seemed to not only bring me closer to Francis and Clare, but also to my mom.’
‘If living with less, even temporarily, helped me to understand the values of St. Francis a bit better, then it’s an experience I’m happy to have had.’
Jesus wants the hungry crowd he has just fed to look beyond the earthly food to “the food that endures for eternal life.” But the people misunderstand the sign.
The kingdom of God is still growing, still alive, its energy and power still at work today. It is God’s final embrace of all creation to himself.
