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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
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Bath in the Essence of Advent
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
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Frustrated Goddesses and Grieving Warriors
Anger and grief do not make for a good mixture. When someone is angry it only makes it more frustrating to have to contend with a grieving person. Conversely, when
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Christiane Brusselmans RIP
Last week an obituary appeared in the newspapers: “Internationally known Catholic religious educator, Christiane Brusselmans, died October 29, 1991, the victim of an apparent suicide.” This obituary needs commentary, partially
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Family As Idolatry
One of the great iconoclasts of our age, Simone Weil, was fond of pointing out that in the house of idolatry there are many rooms. “One can take as an
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Providence and the Conspiracy of Accidents
Some years ago, in a class I was teaching, a woman shared an interesting story: She had been raised in a religious home and had been a pious and a
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The Sacramentality Of Everyday Life
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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