• The Humiliation of God

  One of the characteristics of divine revelation is that it often breaks through where you least expect. Grace invariably catches you unaware, a surprise. Frequently too the surprise is not

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• Holy Thursday and the Eucharist

  One of the things we celebrate during Holy Week is the institution of the Eucharist. This mystery, as we know, makes God present, real and physical, in the world in

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• Commandments For The Long Haul

  (last in a 6-part series on family) Some years ago, Daniel Berrigan wrote a little book called Commandments for the Long Haul. One of his commandments offers an important counsel:

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• Sustaining Family Life Today

  (Fifth in a six-part series on family) There is a story told of a Jewish farmer who, while ploughing in his field one Friday afternoon, was too distracted to notice

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• Family Life as Sacrament

  The catechism from which I drew my religious instruction as a child stated that a Christian sacrament was an “outward sign instituted by Jesus Christ to give us grace.” Later

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• The Family As A School Of Charity

  (3rd in a 6-part series on family) Many classical spiritual writers used to espouse this. What does it mean to say that families are schools of charity? As a young

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• The Family as Church and Religious Community

  “God is love and whoever abides in love abides in God and God abides in him or her.” If that is true, and it is, then we can say the

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• The Deconstruction of the Family

  (First in a six-part series on family) The family today is a kingdom under seige. It is nearly impossible to exaggerate the importance of this fact. Many forces within our

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• Bill Clinton – A Baby-Boomer Parable

  A couple of years ago, out of a job and looking for work, one of my nephews was bouncing from one family member to the next, accepting whatever free room

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• Waiting

      In her recent novel, The Underpainter, Jane Urquhard offers some thoughts on waiting. Her main character, a brilliant artist whose capacity to live and relate healthily does not parallel

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