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It’s a Lot Easier to Take Care of Ourselves
There is a story told about St. Vincent de Paul which, while perhaps embellished by myth, needs nonetheless to be told and told and told again for its challenge is
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A Church Grieves Its Lost Innocence
One distinguishing characteristic of our church today in the Western world is that we are a grieving church. We live in a certain sadness, somewhere between a death and a
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The Pharisee And The Publican
There is an ancient parable about prayer which is also a parable about liturgical prayer. One version of it runs something like this: Two liturgical committees once met to plan
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Celibacy And Holy Longing
Celibacy, as it is lived out today within clerical and religious life, has few defenders. More and more persons are suggesting the church should change the rules and no longer
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Social Justice Essential to the Gospel
Margaret Atwood once suggested that things which are painful and difficult to say should, nonetheless, be permitted the present tense. Painful truth, she submits, should not be washed or cauterized,
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Smiling God Undermines Our Workaholism
Scripture frequently uses these words to challenge us and we too rarely reflect upon them: Has anyone ever believed in a God as great as ours? Great, not just in
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Walking With The Alienated
If there is a leitmotif running through virtually all of recent Catholic literature it is the phrase: option for the poor. We are to walk with the poor, the marginalized,
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Self-Pity And Care-Giving
There is a story told about Saint Vincent de Paul which, while perhaps embellished by myth, needs nonetheless to be told and told and told again for its challenge is
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Finding Our Loved Ones After Death
“Why do you seek the living among the dead?” Curious words? Perhaps. They contain, though, a secret. Those words were spoken by an angel to Mary Magdalene on Easter morning.
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Equipped To Handle Frustration
My dad has been dead for nearly 25 years and yet hardly a day goes by when I do not feel in some way, however inchoate, his influence. As I