Theological Studies
Volume 78, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 960-987

Cup of Suffering, Chalice of Salvation: Refugees, Lampedusa, and the Eucharist (Article)

Groody D.G.*
  • a University of Notre Dame, United States

Abstract

This article explores the significance of the Eucharist in the context of the global refugee crisis. It analyzes this topic in light of the mass that Pope Francis celebrated on the island of Lampedusa on July 13, 2013 and the chalice he used that was hewn from the driftwood of a refugee shipwreck. Drawing on Virgilio Elizondo’s notions of the Galilean principle, the Jerusalem principle, and the Resurrection principle, it examines the migration of the no-bodies, their journey to becoming some-bodies, and their connection to the body of Christ. © 2017, © Theological Studies, Inc. 2017.

Author Keywords

Solidarity Migration Refugees Pope Francis social sin Virgilio Elizondo

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85035052971&doi=10.1177%2f0040563917731745&partnerID=40&md5=8ed25c528bd9d655c610bcc910462dc9
DOI: 10.1177/0040563917731745
ISSN: 00405639
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English