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The place where God reveals our brokenness seems obvious--we go through the motions of a religious life in a culture that many experience as unjust, we are not faithful, and we are not prepared (despite, I suspect, some of you having been Boy Scouts). This feeling has sometimes been compared to an out-of-body experience: the limbs and muscles go through the motions they have learned, but the mind and spirit seem to be elsewhere. To watch Aloysius and Flynn go through the motions of courtesy (while knowing what's boiling under the surface) is to experience an inspired moment of dramatic irony. |
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