This week we're remembering the reading from the Prophet Joel we heard on Ash Wednesday, and reflecting on the idea of communal repentance, communal sin, communal suffering, communal life, and communal faith. Maybe the idea of communal Lent has come to us in this complicated, hyper self-oriented, and challenging time for a reason. Maybe it's time we remember we belong to each other.
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Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:
1. Book of Joel overview from Bible Project
2. Where Peter Is: A collaborative effort of writers increasingly concerned about divisive attacks on Pope Francis and effects on the Church
3. Podcast: Field Hospital with Mike Lewis and Jeannie Gaffigan
4. Song: One Voice, by The Wailin' Jennys
5. Song: Clean - Live, by Hillsong
6. Song: People of God, by Gungor
7. Lenten resources/study from author Kate Bowler
8. Book: Bitter & Sweet, by Tsh Oxenreider
9. On Dr. Paul Farmer of Partners In Health, a modern and timely example of someone who gave his life away in the name of God on behalf of his sisters and brothers
10. Podcast: Jesuitical - Remembering Dr. Paul Farmer - a Catholic Who Wanted to Cure the World
