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An old Jewish story concerns a woman who stopped going to the synagogue.
One day the rabbi went to her house and asked to come in and sit with her by the fireplace.
For a long time neither spoke. Then the rabbi picked up some tongs, took a glowing coal from the fireplace, and set it on the hearth.
As the two watched, the coal slowly lost its glow and died.
A few minutes later, the old woman said, "I understand. I'll come back to the synagogue."
"You can do nothing without me.
Whoever does not remain in me
................dries up."
John 15: 5-6
Spirit 2000
Mark Link S.J.
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