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AIDS In The Body Of Christ
Mysticism is perhaps the thing we least understand within all of religion. We are mystically tone-deaf. We no longer believe much in anything that we cannot rationally explain. Robert Bellah
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When Love Goes Inarticulate
There is a fine little poem by a young Chinese America n poet from Chicago, Lee Yung Lee, which talks about the relationship of a father to his son. Entitled
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Anger Can Be Self-Serving
Several years ago, just as I was stepping away from the podium after giving a talk on social justice, I was challenged by a man and a woman, both very
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Church Running Out Of Priests
Gabriel Garcia Marquez once wrote a book with a curious title, Love in the Time of Cholera. Perhaps we might describe our time in the church today in an equally
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Our Whole World is Holy
Christianity teaches us that our world is holy, that everything is matter for sacrament. In its view, the universe is a manifestation of God’s glory and humanity is made in
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The Illusion of Familiarity
Some years ago, a confrere of mine wrote a simple unpretentious poem which he dedicated to his 10 year old niece after she had given him a tour of the
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Time to Examine Life’s Gifts
As a child growing up, New Year’s Day always stood out as one of the biggest days of the year. Our family always had a big celebration, complete with a
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Wide Loyalties … The Call of a True Catholicism
How many Catholics do you know today who are not frustrated or angry about something? Generally their frustration stems from the fact that they are fiercely committed and loyal to
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How to Give Birth to God
Annie Dillard, once said: “Faith would be that God is self-limited utterly by his creation—a contradiction of the scope of his will; that he bound himself to time and its
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A Christmas Story
Among John Shea’s poetry, one finds a little piece entitled: Sharon’s Christmas Prayer. It reads: She was five sure of the facts and recited them with slow solemnity convinced every