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Finding Rest For Our Souls
Several years ago, Yale philosopher, Nicholas Wolterstorff, wrote a book entitled, Lament for a Son. It’s a chronicle of his struggles to come to grips with the death of his
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Rhetoric Which Divides Community
Recently I published a reflection which, following the intuition of some saints and mystics, hints that the final end of history might be the conversion of the devil himself and
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Infantile Grandiosity and the Image of God
For nearly 200 years the intellectual world has not been kind to believers. Beginning with the Enlightenment, which debunked religious authority as a criterion for judgment, the intellectual world has
https://ronrolheiser.com/infantile-grandiosity-and-the-image-of-god/
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The Eucharist as Sacrament of Reconciliation
Recently I wrote a piece on the Eucharist within which I shared the story of a man who had drifted away from the church, had returned, received the Eucharist without
https://ronrolheiser.com/the-eucharist-as-sacrament-of-reconciliation/
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Criticism
There’s confusion today, among conservatives and liberals alike, about what it means to be critical. The common notion is that a critic debunks the inflated, exposes the rotten, and challenges
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How Not To Commit The Original Sin
Some years ago, I sat in on a series of lectures on the theology of the Trinity given by James Mackey. At one point in these lectures, Mackey suggested that
https://ronrolheiser.com/how-not-to-commit-the-original-sin/
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A Hidden Life
Some years ago, while, directing a retreat, a woman shared with me this story: She was a person very admired and respected within her family and circle of friends. From
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Healthy and Unhealthy Fear of Hell
Some years ago, I read a book by a very pious Christian visionary who had visions of the afterlife in which she saw “souls going down into hell like snowflakes.”
https://ronrolheiser.com/healthy-and-unhealthy-fear-of-hell/
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Moral Loneliness
Some years ago, I wrote a book within which I suggested that there are four basic kinds of human loneliness: alienation, restlessness, rootlessness, and psychological depression. Were I to write
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Social Justice – New Knowledge/New Responsibility
Former Jesuit Superior General, Pedro Arrupe, was once asked why there is such an emphasis today on social justice when, in the past, many saintly persons and good spiritual writings
https://ronrolheiser.com/social-justice-new-knowledgenew-responsibility/