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“Thou shalt not have other banks before me…”

“Thou shalt not have other banks before me…”

by Matthew Dunch, SJ | Mar 2, 2012 | Uncategorized    ~ Approx. 2min

Ours is an age that’s grown comfortable with its idols, for the most part, and so God’s insistence, so central to the Old Testament, on pre-eminence over all other things sounds just a little needy and insecure to contemporary ears. We’re happy to avoid golden calves...

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What does it mean to return to God with your whole heart? In his first reflection for TJP, Will Hayes, SJ, recounts an Ash Wednesday service among migrant day laborers that reveals how God’s invitations often meet us in the most ordinary places.

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