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  • A View from the Pew

    April 13 2017
    Kevin Walters

    Joe Walsh@13 Thank you for your comment In answer to your question Joe, I would agree that He was creating a living symbol of one that incorporated the common good in that of one of self-sacrifice in

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  • A View from the Pew

    April 13 2017
    Joe Walsh

    Kevin Walters @12 When Jesus had meals with tax collectors and sinners (to the annoyance of strict Jews), was he setting the groundwork for a eucharist which would be an experience of inclusion in a s

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  • It’s still Easter

    April 25 2017
    Mary Vallely

    What a refreshing post and a very happy birthday to you today, Bernard! We are supposed to be an Easter people aren't we, full of joy and love, hope and optimism but we are actually very good at b

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  • 23 April, 2017. 2nd Sunday of Easter

    April 23 2017
    Pat Rogers

    The text of Jn 20:22-23 hardly offers support to the attractive interpretation offered by Sandra Schneiders: 22 καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν ἐνεφύσησεν καὶ λέγει αὐτο

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  • 23 April, 2017. 2nd Sunday of Easter

    April 23 2017
    Pat Rogers

    @2 The text of Jn 20:22-23 22 καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν ἐνεφύσησεν καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, Λάβετε πνεῦμα ἅγιον· 23 ἄν τινων ἀφῆτε

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  • The Oblates, the Minister, and the Redress Board

    April 13 2017
    Rory Connor

    I provided the late UK cultural historian Richard Webster with material that formed the basis of his essay on the Redress Board. Published on 24 December 2005, he called it "The Christmas Spirit in Ir

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  • 23 April, 2017. 2nd Sunday of Easter

    April 23 2017
    Joe O'Leary

    The verse reads, "If of any you forgive the sins they are forgiven unto them, if of any you retain they are retained." The object of both verbs is "sins". It seems just as hard to make the persons the

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  • A View from the Pew

    April 13 2017
    Kevin Walters

    Joe Walsh@ 10 “I think our leaders will have to let a lot of traditional practices go and start building small intentional communities from the ground up”------------------------------------------

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  • 23 April, 2017. 2nd Sunday of Easter

    April 23 2017
    Kevin Walters

    Padraig McCarthy @1 & 2 A very good post @1 @2 I have also read Sandra Schneiders points in the article, Becoming community by Mary M. McGloneout (see link below), which are interesting. https

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  • 23 April, 2017. 2nd Sunday of Easter

    April 23 2017
    Padraig McCarthy

    Sandra Schneiders points out that while Jesus speaks of forgiving sins, when he speaks of retaining, the word "sins" is not there in the Greek: "of those whom you retain, they are retained." Perhaps s

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