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Pagan Saints For Modern Sinners
The idea of invoking the saints for help has fallen on hard times. Most Christians have no patience whatsoever with this concept. Generally, saints within the church are either benignly
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God Beats Small-Time Blues
Sigmund Freud once stated that neurosis is the disease of the normal person and that everyone is neurotic to some degree. This is true if one defines neurosis as he
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Make Your Welcome Hearty
In October of 1933, Peter Maurin wrote the following poem and commentary in The Catholic Worker: People who are in need and are not afraid to beg give
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Saying Goodbye Part Of Life
T.S. Eliot once said that home is where we start from. These words describe my feelings as summer draws to its close. For me, it’s been a summer away from
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Sitting At A Mystic’s Feet
Recently, while traveling in England, I was offered a rare and privileged opportunity. A former student of mine arranged for me to meet with Ruth Burrows, the Carmelite spiritual writer.
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Choosing Between Sacraments
Christianity is the most pagan of all religions. It is the most earthy religion because it believes that God has become incarnate in earth. What an astonishing belief! Ordinary life
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Leaving God’s Mark
“We nurse within our hearts the hope that we are different, that we are special, that we are extraordinary. We long for the assurance that our birth was no accident,
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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