• Initiating Blind Desire

  There are certain times in life when blind, relentless desire makes itself shamelessly evident, in a baby and in an adolescent.  We see blind desire in a baby. An infant

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• Prophets as Shock Absorbers

  Each age has it own way of defining the word prophet. Today the common notion, particularly within church circles, seems to be that a prophet is someone who challenges the

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• A Theologian’s Problems

  I should have been a theologian 25 years ago.  Things were simpler then.  Theologians published books and catechisms which clearly explained everything. It’s all changed now.  Biblical and historical criticism

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• Chastity is the Key to Everything

  Already 30 years ago, before the sexual revolution, Albert Camus had written: “Chastity alone is connected with personal progress. There is a time when moving beyond it is a victory—when

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• Celibacy As Solidarity With The Poor

  Few persons today believe that there is much sense in the vow of celibacy. In spite of this, celibacy remains common, far more common, in fact, than is generally admitted.

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• Gestating Compassion

  We live with a lot of anger, polarization, and bitterness, both within the world and within the church. The very fabric of community is being torn apart by this. In

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• The Word Made Flesh

  Francis of Assisi once said: “Preach the word of God wherever you go, even use words if necessary.”  We might want to reflect upon that, given some of the recent

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• Chastity Revisited

  Already thirty years ago, before the sexual revolution, Albert Camus had written: “Chastity alone is connected with personal progress. There is a time when moving beyond it is a victory

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• A Time for Reconstruction

  During the past twenty-five years we have witnessed, both in the world and in the church, a deconstruction so radical that it has few parallels in history. In short, all

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• Safe in God’s Arms

  When someone close to us dies, especially if his or her life has been a rather troubled or painful one, we take consolation in the thought that he or she

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