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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
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The Journey Of A Soul
Nothing is as important today in theology and in church life as is the task of continuing the marriage between social justice and the Gospel. One of the groups who
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Hesitation and Reserve … Virtue or Timidity?
Czechoslovakian novelist, Ivan Klima, ends his book, My First Loves, with the following lines: “Suppose I spent my whole life just waiting, waiting for the moment when at last I
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Interruptions Can Be Our Real Work
David Steindl-Rast once commented that we tend to be resentful when things interrupt our work until we realize that, often times, interruptions are our real work. Most of us tend
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Annulments – Catholic Divorce?
In past few years Roman Catholic marriage tribunals have been granting annulments with increasing frequency. This has not gone unnoticed among both conservative and liberal critics. Among conservatives one hears