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The womb of the different seed
EN - The soul and the harp

The womb of the different seed

The soul and the harp/19 – In times of trial we come to say to the Father: "Be faithful, remember yourself" by Luigino Bruni Published in Avvenire 02/08/2020 "Only the word of man in response to the word of God, which in essence is a "no", attests to human freedom. This is why the freedom to say ... 
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Like sparrows and swallows
EN - The soul and the harp

Like sparrows and swallows

The soul and the harp/18 - The space of the prophet is profane and goes from the valley of tears to the threshold of the temple  By Luigino Bruni Published in Avvenire 26/07/2020 "The dryness that springs up, the wall that breaks so that God appears without appearing is the wonderful lesson of ... 
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Hence, God resembles me
EN - The soul and the harp

Hence, God resembles me

The soul and the harp/17 - We are not loved because we are without fault but because we are loved-and-that's-it by Luigino Bruni Published in Avvenire 19/07/2020 "It is not our job to predict the day - but that day will come - when men will be called again to pronounce the word of God in such a way ... 
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What wealth can redeem
EN - The soul and the harp

What wealth can redeem

The soul and the harp/16 - The of accumulated goods and the way of fraternity By Luigino Bruni Published in Avvenire 12/07/2020 "Dantes, who three months earlier aspired for nothing but freedom, was now no longer content with freedom and aspired for wealth; it was not Dante’s fault but God’s who, by... 
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The beatitude of thirst
EN - The soul and the harp

The beatitude of thirst

The harp and the soul/15 - Psalm 42-43 helps us to speak and cry out for God in times of drought by Luigino Bruni Published in Avvenire 05/07/2020 "The invocation of man is the very invocation of God. Man prays in the image and likeness of God: if not in his, then in whose image, in this the greates... 
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The wisdom of the cocoon
EN - The soul and the harp

The wisdom of the cocoon

The soul and the harp /14 - Knowing how to "curl up" in God as his children, understanding what true blessing is by Luigino Bruni Published in Avvenire 28/06/2020 "Every word is a spoken word. Originally a book is only at its service, at the service of the word turned into sound, being sung, being p... 
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Divine grammar is the cure
EN - The soul and the harp

Divine grammar is the cure

The soul and the harp/13 - We need new human metaphors to also speak of the issues of God By Luigino Bruni Published in Avvenire  20/06/2020 «The Bible is not a book about God: it is a book about man. From the perspective of the Bible: who is man? He is a being placed in the midst of labou... 
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And he who was abandoned awoke God
EN - The soul and the harp

And he who was abandoned awoke God

The soul and the harp/12 - The Lord is on the side of liberation, not condemnation By Luigino Bruni Published in Avvenire 14/06/2020 "Howl, howl, howl, howl! O, you are men of stones: Had I your tongues and eyes, I would use ... 
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The greatest freedom is ours
EN - The soul and the harp

The greatest freedom is ours

The soul and the harp/11 - The double beauty of God's masterpieces: the laws of creation and for man by Luigino Bruni Published in Avvenire 06/06/2020 "Who knows if the desert that we will leave one day will not have this voice, this infinitely repeated human lament of the wind: mah-'enòsh? What is ... 
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But we can go back to being sincere
EN - The soul and the harp

But we can go back to being sincere

The soul and the harp/ 10 - Man and woman have something that God does not have: words without truth By Luigino Bruni Published in Avvenire 31/05/2020 "Tyr lost his right hand during an oath, a false one given to a wolf to persuade him to allow himself to be tied up. In Rome, the mutilation of Scaev... 
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The other name of faith
EN - The soul and the harp

The other name of faith

he soul and the harp/ 9 - When the Son of Man returns it is in human relationships that he will see if "God is present"  By Luigino Bruni Published in Avvenire on 24/05/2020 "In this Spirit, which is the love between the Father and the Son, between the Son and us, between us and us, betwee... 
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The indispensable custody
EN - The soul and the harp

The indispensable custody

The soul and the harp/ 8 - The prophets provide words to those who must defend themselves against the masters of all words By Luigino Bruni Published in Avvenire 17/05/2020 "Each line was bristling with words of many syllables that he did not understand. He was sitting on the bed and had the diction... 
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It is not good for God to be alone
EN - The soul and the harp

It is not good for God to be alone

The soul and the harp/ 7 - Our human resemblance to God somewhere between "surely" and "yet" By Luigino Bruni Published in Avvenire 10/05/2020 "And when I watch the stars burn in the sky; I say to myself thinking: What is the purpose of all these small flames? That make the air infinite, and that i... 
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We set God free as well
EN - The soul and the harp

We set God free as well

The soul and the harp / 6 - Prayer brings the Creator out of the cage-metaphors created for him By Luigino Bruni Published in Avvenire 03/05/2020 "In my notes you will find neither a Jewish comment nor a Christian comment. Man pains me: I have no other guide. And as an act of pity this is what I...