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The Eucharist as Sacrifice
Once upon a time there was a Rabbi. Whenever he wanted God’s presence, he went to a special place in the woods, lit a fire, said some prayers, and did
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Eucharist as New Manna
A friend of mine, an alcoholic in recovery, likes to explain the dynamics of an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting this way: “It’s funny, the meetings are always the same, the exact
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The Eucharist as Molding us into Community
There is a story told about a Jewish farmer who, because he was carelessness, had to spend a Sabbath day in his field. Preoccupied with his work, he had let
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Eucharist as God’s Physical Embrace
There’s a story told of a young Jewish boy named Mortakai who refused to go to school. When he was six years old, his mother took him to school, but
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Love of Enemy as the Text of Orthodoxy
In a recent issue of AMERICA magazine, John Donahue makes this comment: “Virtually no Christian group has adopted Jesus’ teaching on love of enemy as the critical test of orthodoxy.
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Affective Prayer
One of the classic definitions of prayer tells us that prayer is raising mind and heart to God. In essence, that says it all. The problem is that often we
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The Tension Between Theology and Piety
Ten years ago, I spent six months on sabbatical at Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. During that time, I lived at our Oblate parish in inner-city Oakland. It was
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In Praise of Silence
Many of us could use more silence in our lives. I say this cautiously because the place of silence within a healthy spirituality isn’t easy to specify. We have an
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Carrying Ecclesial Disprivilege
CARRYING ECCLESIAL DISPRIVILEGE January 21, 2001 Circumstance and history ask each generation to carry a certain pain and to redeem it through suffering. We, of course, are no exception. Our
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From Maintenance to Missionary
*We know what to do for someone who comes to church, but we don’t know how to get someone to come to church. *We know how to be Christian when