Sometimes all someone in deep affliction requires is that you look at him and acknowledge his existence.
He does so because he understands the deep affliction behind her hateful words and actions.
Best of all, Demeny voting could be a way for the developed world to get beyond one of its deepest afflictions.
"The Coptic lady's incident isn't an isolated detail, notably with the media's ongoing approach in handling such matters in a repugnant fashion that contradicts the truth, and falsifies the truth about the deep afflictions that have shaken up society," wrote Lebanese journalist Diana Moukalled in the same paper.
Unemployment also remains a deep and prevalent affliction.
The willful ignorance and lack of wisdom that structure our use of institutions like Cook County's JTDC and the damage they inflict upon communities like North Lawndale are symptoms of a deeper and more pervasive affliction.
As stagnant as each of these contexts suggest - the desert, the darkness of prison, the depths of affliction, the deep turmoil of the sea - the Psalmist assures us that God has gathered in from the north and the south, the east and the west, each of these wayfarers.
He fathoms the deeper meanings of his own affliction, finding within his struggle with sadness and loss something redemptive, a tragic sense that brings with it pain but also insight and beauty.
The disciples evidenced none of these physical symptoms, but they were asked to identify deep within themselves with the affliction described in the Gospel, so that salvation might touch them in their inner being.
Starting the book, I had expected that the Italian family, with their deep desire to conquer the centuries-old affliction, would play that role.
