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Here are those pages of the Bible that we are called to write
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Here are those pages of the Bible that we are called to write

In the belly of the Word/11 - The book of Jonah ends with a question from God that remains open by Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on 28/04/2024 «In the whole psychology of the "Gospels" the concepts of guilt and punishment are lacking, and so is that of reward. "Sin", which means anything th... 
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When even anger becomes a prayer
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When even anger becomes a prayer

In the belly of the Word/10 - Jonah's last words brought a new vocabulary into the relationship by Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on 21/04/2024 "Among the various realities present before creation, in addition to the Torah there is repentance. How could there be repentance before sin? In t... 
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Wisdom is learned in the ephemeral shadow of the Castor
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Wisdom is learned in the ephemeral shadow of the Castor

In the belly of the Word/9 - The second shelter, given by God, brings the prophet back to his vocation Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on 14/04/2024 "It was not easy to forget the period spent in the belly of the fish; on the contrary, it had dramatic consequences. The strong heat of that bel... 
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Jonah and his vocation to defend God's truth
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Jonah and his vocation to defend God's truth

In the belly of the Word/8 - The Bible is the absolute guardian and so it has maintained its effectiveness Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on 07/04/2024 Look you now, how ready mortals are to blame the gods. Homer, Odyssey 1.32 -33 , in Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals, p. 84 “When God saw wha... 
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With Jonah on the threshold waiting for God's last step
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With Jonah on the threshold waiting for God's last step

In the belly of the Word/7 - The true prophet speaks to the people, not to the powerful. And all of Nineveh converted Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on 31/03/2024 The Bible is not a book about God: it is a book about man. From the perspective of the Bible, man is a being in travail with God’... 
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A free community of prophets born again with Jonah
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A free community of prophets born again with Jonah

In the belly of the Word/6 - The Prophet’s story with God continues after his "no" and the silence by Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on 25/03/2024 Everywhere in the city, the court heralds spread the decree of the sovereign, imposing three days of fasting, sackcloth and tearful supplications... 
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With Jonah the deepest truth is revealed to us, explaining our misfortunes and saving us
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With Jonah the deepest truth is revealed to us, explaining our misfortunes and saving us

In the belly of the Word/5 - Understand what God does for us and learn to pray again Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on 17/03/2024 Ahèr: - You were swallowed by a whale. Ionà: - The shaking of the waves ceased, everything was calm inside. Under my feet, but on the ceiling, a slow, full heartb... 
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In a maternal shelter we find salvation and learn how to pray
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In a maternal shelter we find salvation and learn how to pray

In the belly of the Word/4 - The great fish makes us experience becoming as small as a fetus by Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on 10/03/2024 " The Lord had created the fish that would host Jonah when he created the world. It was such a large animal that Jonah was comfortable inside it... 
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The deeper innocence that saves us from perfect storms
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The deeper innocence that saves us from perfect storms

In the belly of the Word/3 - The prophet’s escape and conviction of being the cause of the impending drama by Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on 03/03/2024 "Any community in the grip of violence or oppressed by some disaster willingly engages in a hunt for a ‘scapegoat’. People want to convin... 
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Jonah’s crisis: when "no" is another way to say "yes"
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Jonah’s crisis: when "no" is another way to say "yes"

In the belly of the Word/2 - The vocation and the trials to which we cannot submit Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on 25/02/2024 So a change has taken place during these last few weeks. But where? It is an abstract change without object. Am I the one who has changed? If not, then it is this r... 
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The need for prophecy goes unheard. Jonah helps us with his "But"
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The need for prophecy goes unheard. Jonah helps us with his "But"

In the belly of the Word/1 - The cry of the poor to God needs amplifiers by Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on 18/02/2024 “I know that some classical authors, both Latin and Greek, have spoken much about this book, and through all of their questions have less enlightened than obscured the ide...