Stardust Made Flesh

Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), Nov. 15, 2009
“Those who lead the many to justice shall be like the stars forever” (Dn 12:3)

I n recent decades, our understanding of the origins of the universe has grown immensely. We have learned how our universe flashed forth 15 billion years ago in a great explosion of light and that it is ever-expanding, bursting with life from the center outward in creative, chaotic, unique patterns. But what happens at the end?

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