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Inculturation – The Present Struggle
There is no argument about its importance. Everyone agrees that one of the biggest religious struggles we face today as churches, especially in the first world, is that of inculturation.
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Solidarity With The Poor
A couple of years ago, I witnessed an exchange between two of my colleagues, both priests. They had been having a rather spirited discussion, over drinks, and personalities and values
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Social Justice and Pop Icons
If one looks for what is wrong with society, one need not look far. A single image provides a whole commentary: We have rich athletes, making millions of dollars, asking
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Recognizing Him In The Spilling Of The Wine
Somebody once suggested that the words of scripture are like musical scores, mute of themselves, but alive when someone actually plays them. This is especially true of those texts in
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Overcoming Anger – The Final Spiritual Struggle
As a young man, Nikos Kazantzakis once sought spiritual guidance from a renowned master, an old monk named Father Makarios. In his autobiography, he describes a conversation he had with
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Jesus’ Way of Wisdom
Jesus states that he is the way that leads to life. What is this way of Jesus? Among other things, it is the way of wisdom, the way of pondering.
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A Mother Quivering With Delight
You don’t expect to see an icon of the trinity on an airplane, at least not on a really small commuter plane at 6:30 in the morning when it is
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And The Atoms Moved
Teilhard de Chardin was once asked by a critic: “What are you trying to do? Why all this talk about atoms and molecules when you are speaking about Jesus Christ?”
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Bury The Dead
Mircea Eliade, the renowned anthropologist, tells us that, within the wisdom of tribal cultures, there was often the belief that unless the dead were properly buried, with appropriate ritual and
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Ransom the Captive
The corporal works of mercy, as the phrase itself suggests, have to do with the physical, the material. Unlike the spiritual works of mercy, what is at stake is not