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Our Greed Pulls The Trigger
It is getting to be frightening to watch the news. Terrorism is everywhere, and daily we appear less capable of protecting ourselves against it. Still fresh in our minds is
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Longing Is Our Spiritual Lot
On Feb. 12, 1944, 13-year-old Anne Frank wrote the following words in her now-famous diary. “Today the sun is shining, the sky is a deep blue, there is a lovely
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Staring Chaos In The Face
We live in pain and division. In the world, in the church and within ourselves, there is much anger, hatred and bitterness. It seems ever harder to live at peace
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Saints For Complex People
“I was born into this world with a tortured sensitivity. For long I have puzzled over the causes of my psychological anguish.” Thus writes Ruth Burrows, the British Carmelite, in
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Easter Arsonists Of The Heart
Theologian-poet, John Shea, once commented on the resurrection appearances of Jesus: “On the road that escapes Jerusalem and winds along the ridge to Emmaus two disillusioned youths
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Keep Your Faith In Balance
I share with you here four tales of imbalance. Each is the story of a person who is sincere, Christian and dedicated, but has fallen from wholeness. From these stories
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Living In Joy Is Hard Work!
Perhaps the most demanding asceticism within life is the discipline of joy. Rarely is this recognized. For most of us, the word joy itself rings superficial. It speaks of empty
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Conversion Is Revolution!
We live too frustrated by our own mediocrity. The problem lies not in our unwillingness to convert, but in our inability to convert. We keep trying, by the way of
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When Sinners Rationalize
Several years ago, after the pope had been heckled during his visit in Holland, a Belgian newspaper ran an editorial that commented as follows: The difference between the Dutch and
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Signals That Spell Sanctity
Self-delusion is always easy, and nowhere is it easier than in our assessment of our own spiritual health. How do we know whether we are healthy or not? How do