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Heaven’s Language
What language will we speak in heaven? A curious question perhaps, but one that might be profitably meditated. How will we communicate with each other in heaven? How, there, will
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Ad Usum
A few years ago, a young Benedictine Monk shared with me how, for all the early years of his religious life, he had been resentful because he had to ask
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The Way Of Surrender
The gospel is not as much about worthiness as it is about surrender. What God wants from us is not a million acts of virtue, but a million acts of
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Post-Modernism And Our Children
Twice in my life, once just before I was ordained a priest and then again just before I was installed as provincial superior of the Oblates, I had to take
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On Praying The Hours
Recently I read a book that was so good it made me resolve never to miss praying the hours of the church again. Its author, David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine monk,
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Children Of Our God – And Of Our Elders
Faith-wise, I was lucky and drew a long straw. My parents and the significant elders in my youth, while not perfect, walked their talk, at least essentially so. They raised
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Moving On
As a columnist, I rarely write about what is actually happening in my own life, given that my opinions already betray more than enough. I suspect that people who read
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The Reality of God
God does not cease to exist just because we do not think about him. Ruth Burrows, in a recent book, points this out by presenting us with the following image:
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Our Children and the Church
“I have three kids. They don’t go to church regularly, but they’ve all turned out to be good adults, persons I can be proud of. All of them are caring,
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Love Is The Eye
Hugo of St. Victor once expressed an entire hermeneutics with a single line – love is the eye. Part of us that knows exactly what he means by that and