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US author Marilynne Robinson writes front-page Gospel commentary for Vatican newspaper
August 06, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: The Vatican newspaper published a front-page reflection reading by Marilynne Robinson, an American novelist and essayist, on the upcoming Sunday Gospel reading (Luke 12:35-48).
Robinson, who received a Pulitzer Prize for her novel Gilead, wrote:
We love our master [Christ] dearly. But his absence has become a habit for us, and we feel at ease. We tell ourselves that, even with a few days’ notice, we could make some repairs, tidy up a few things ... But then we thought of the negligence he would surely see behind our hasty changes, our attempt to deceive him, and we felt relieved to return to the comfort of habit. The pain we would see on our master’s face would instantly reevaluate our entire life.
Earlier this year, Robinson wrote a front-page Gospel commentary for L’Osservatore Romano on the Easter Sunday Gospel.
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