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We need a better butterfly

   From Where I Stand by Joan Chittister, OSB October 20, 2008  
Bookmark and Share Vol. 6, No. 10  

Sometimes it isn't just one thing, sometimes it takes a confluence of things to make the invisible visible and the dark light. Things like butterflies and somebody else's mortgage and Irish bookies and attitudes all coming together, at once, and apparently independent of one another. But, underneath, not really isolated or unconnected at all. In fact, together, they say something very important to us all.