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It Is Not Good To Be Alone
It is not good to be alone – not just in terms of emotional loneliness but also in terms of healthy human and moral growth. The human being needs a
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Moral Artists
A real artist could never paint a moustache on the Mona Lisa. Only somebody dangerously naive or ignorant in the area of aesthetics could do such a thing. But no
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What Defines A Practicing Catholic?
Several years ago, a Catholic school board, frustrated because some of its teachers were no longer attending church regularly while others were flaunting the church’s teaching regarding living together before
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Listening To Your Widows
A few years ago, I had a friend who, like Nicodemus with Jesus, would come to me at night. This scene though wasn’t quite as pastoral as the biblical one.
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The Worst Kind Of Poverty
In a recent novel, Love, Again, Doris Lessing, with her usual genius, paints a picture of the soul of a late middle-aged woman, Sarah Durham, as she, Sarah, spends a
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Dreaming With Others
What you dream alone remains a dream, what you dream with others can become a reality. Edward Schillebeeckx coined this phrase as a way of expressing the important truth that
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Secrets of the Kingdom
He was a disappointment to his dad, that’s for sure. After all, his dad had spent three hundred dollars, just for his uniform. Then there were other expenses: Fees to
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Beyond Liberal And Conservative
More and more, it is becoming clear that we need to move beyond the categories of liberal and conservative. Simply put, both have shown themselves to be dysfunctional in terms
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Fidelity Not Success
Shortly after the Gulf War in 1991, I heard a radio interview with Jim Wallis, the founder of “Sojourners”. Wallis had had some reservations about how the USA resolved that
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The Prayer of a College Student
Lord, God, I’m praying from my heart, not from my knees, with unspoken words, not with formulas. Hear this prayer that my parents can never know of. You read the