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Understanding Suicide
In the years that I have been writing this column, I have on three or four occasions done an article on suicide. Each of those columns prompted a flood of
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Unnoticed Blood
Nearly one hundred years ago as Therese of Lisieux lay dying she told her sister, Pauline, that the entire foundation of her spirituality came from her contemplation of the face
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The Miracle Of It All!
Several years ago, while doing my doctoral thesis, I had the privilege of having as mentor and promoter the distinguished Belgian philosopher-theologian, Jan Walgrave. One day, while discussing a point
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A Vocation for the Last Stage of Life
I teach a course in World Religions. Part of the benefit of that is not only that it forces me to read and study these religions, it also gives me
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Consolation In Old Prayers
In his “Confessions”, St. Augustine describes how he became a committed Christian after a long struggle that involved two conversions: one which intellectually convinced him that Christianity was correct and
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Further Reflections on Catholic Annulments
Several months ago in this column, I wrote a certain defense for the Roman Catholic practice of granting annulments for marriages that have failed. In that article I argued that
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Beyond Ideology II
Beyond Ideology II For any community to survive it must continually create life as well as preserve it. In short, it must always have both a liberal and a conservative
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Beyond Ideology (1st in a 2-part series)
091290 Leo Tolstoy begins his famous novel, “Anna Karenina”, with the words: ” All happy families resemble each other, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” The church
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On Sabbatical
Recently I began a year of sabbatical. Initially I was euphoric … one whole year with no responsibilities except those that are self-imposed! What a delicious luxury! That euphoria hasn’t
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Goods, Gods and Eastern Europe
The Gorbachev years have brought, as we know, the breakup of radical Marxism in Eastern Europe. The Berlin Wall, the symbol of unfreedom, has been smashed. All across Eastern Europe