• We Can’t Turn Away From Politics

  For many of us, politics is a dirty word. It speaks of dishonesty, misused power, patronage, self -interest, pressure groups, propaganda, and ideology. Phrases such as “an honest politician” or

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• Church’s Rebirth Followed Pain

  “God, what’s it all coming to? Sometimes I wonder where the world and the church are going! Who would have ever thought it would turn out this way? Whatever happened

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• Listening To Different Voices

  I am particularly fond of biography. Stories of people’s lives, save for the cheaper accounts of the lives of the rich and famous, are a special kind of literature. A

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• Being Normal Is Not Our Goal

  In a recent interview in the National Catholic Reporter, Richard McBrien suggests that the Roman Catholic Church ought to change its law regarding priestly celibacy. His argument is as straightforward

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• Easter Should Be An Eye Opener

  Easter is mostly about waking up. It’s Easter when God and spring susurrate through the veins of nature giving frozen earth and frozen hearts a wake-up call. That call is

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• Cross Symbolizes Hope For Al

  The passion and death of Christ is a timeless mystery, throwing redemption backwards and forwards in time. It is timeless, too, in that it is ongoing. It is still being

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• Value Of Fasting And Feasting

  We celebrate feasts differently than we used to. Formerly, there was generally a long fast leading up to a feast, and then a joyous celebration afterwards. Today, usually, there is

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• Pro-Life And Anti-Abortion

  The next few years will be decisive regarding the question of abortion. The battle will be definitively lost or won. Bottom line, we have had, in the Western world, abortion

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• Sacrifice Frees Us From Guilt

  “Every time I thoroughly enjoy something, I feel guilty, like I am stealing pleasure from God. The deeper the pleasure, the stronger the sense of guilt!” These words, and others

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• Some Of Life’s Questions

  Rarely do faith, hope, and love come to us pure. Instead, like life itself, they come with mess and doubt, raising huge questions. Living a human life is not a

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