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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
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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