In this issue of Every Day Catholic, main article authors Jim and Susan Vogt discuss the challenge of living gospel values in a consumer society. Frank Frost spotlights the movie Last Holiday and offers insights for reflection and discussion in the “Movie Moments” column. Bob Waldrop, an Oklahoma City man who practices voluntary simplicity and founded the Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House, is profiled by Joan McKamey in “Putting Shoes on the Gospel.” Jeanne Hunt explores the desire to “have it all” in “Passing on the Faith” and invites us to “consider the lilies” in the Prayer. The issue is rounded out with a quote from the U.S. bishops' document Economic Justice for All, and with questions for reflection and discussion.

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