114 results for "suicide"
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A Shallow Compassion
The dictionary defines euthanasia as “the practice of killing for reasons of mercy.” Until recently, virtually everywhere, this was considered both criminal and immoral. Today, in the Western world at
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God Is The Real Parent
Towards the end of the movie, Rachel, Rachel, there is a particularly moving dialogue. Rachel, the story’s main character, an aging spinster teacher, is more than a little frustrated with
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Frustrated Goddesses and Grieving Warriors
Anger and grief do not make for a good mixture. When someone is angry it only makes it more frustrating to have to contend with a grieving person. Conversely, when
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Christiane Brusselmans RIP
Last week an obituary appeared in the newspapers: “Internationally known Catholic religious educator, Christiane Brusselmans, died October 29, 1991, the victim of an apparent suicide.” This obituary needs commentary, partially
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Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut
When I was 17 years old and a novice in the Oblate novitiate, one Saturday afternoon, while horsing around in the lake with my fellow novices, I almost drowned. I
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Masculine Spirituality
This is not an easy time within which to know what it means to be a man. I am not referring here to the classical philosophical quandary: “What does it
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Death Washes Things Clean
When I was a child, as part of our family prayer, we used to pray for a happy death. In my young mind, I spontaneously associated a happy death with
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Tales Of Two Earthy Saints
I rarely look to biographies of the rich and famous for my inspiration. Normally this is hagiography of the worst kind, the culture’s version of the lives of the saints.
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A String Of Empty Tombs
Spring and Easter, a conspiracy between nature and religion, creation and redemption, to make newness, to thaw things out, to rejuvenate and re-virginize, to make sunshine, to warm frozen places,
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Love Through Locked Doors
Several years ago, a family I know well lost a daughter through suicide. She was in her late 20s and had become dangerously depressed. An initial attempt at suicide failed.