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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... 
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In the last eye of a needle
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In the last eye of a needle

The Star of absence/13 - The good effort of living is all in the dedication to trying to stay small. By Luigino Bruni Published in Avvenire 26/02/2023 "To know the world, without walking out the door! Seeing the Path of heaven, without having to look out the window. The farther you go, the less ... 
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Behold the mother of all gifts
EN - The star of absence

Behold the mother of all gifts

The Star of absence/12 - Understanding the less luminous pages of the Bible and the power of reciprocity By Luigino Bruni Published in Avvenire  18/02/2023 How do we read the darker, less than bright pages of the Bible? And how can we reconcile the Esther of the previous chapters with the Esther ... 
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The day of the last crucifixion
EN - The star of absence

The day of the last crucifixion

The Star of the absence/11 - In a great biblical page we find horrors and a high and popular wisdom. By Luigino Bruni Published in Avvenire  12/02/2023 "God had summoned all the trees asking which of them would agree to give its wood for Haman’s cross. The fig tree said: “I am ready”; the vine sa... 
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The pages that are yet to be written
EN - The star of absence

The pages that are yet to be written

The Star of absence/10 - We are all protagonists of the book of God, who reads it, is moved by it and loves us. By Luigino Bruni Published in Avvenire  05/02/2023 "Those circles, that seemed to be conceived in you as reflected light, when traversed by my eyes, a little, seemed to be adorned insid... 
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And Esther continues to wander
EN - The star of absence

And Esther continues to wander

The Star of Absence/9 - The righteous do not enjoy the suffering of others, not even of their "enemies" By Luigino Bruni Published in Avvenire  29/01/2023 "The contradiction between the New and Old Testaments is the contradiction between disappointment and promise; it is the failure of the promis... 
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The other intelligence of power
EN - The star of absence

The other intelligence of power

The Star of absence/8 - Two eternal lessons: knowing how to wait and knowing how to face a test with dignity By Luigino Bruni Published in Avvenire  22/01/2023 Have you thought carefully about what you are exposing yourself to? - Yes, my father, - Scheherazade replied - I know all the dangers tha... 
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When you only have one choice
EN - The star of absence

When you only have one choice

The star of absence/7 - The threat to the people and the choice of a woman: like a play in five acts By Luigino Bruni Published in Avvenire 15/01/2023 «Return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning. Rend your heart and not your garments» (The Book of Joel, 2,12-13) Est...