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Paschal Death: Letting Go
Following is the first of a two part series on the paschal mystery. It’s cruel to talk about death, but it’s crueler still not to. Adult life is not child’s
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Making Room For Compassion
This column is a response to two letters I received recently: The first came from a lady whom I do not know. Among other things, she writes: “I appreciate your
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Abortion
Few things divide us as emotionally and decisively as does the issue of abortion. Any doubts I might have had about that were put to rest last week when I
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Sexuality
As a Catholic priest, I am seldom taken seriously when I speak or write about sex. Invariably the reaction is: “What can you know about it, you don’t have sex!”
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Suicide, Despair and Compassion
It’s been a bad spring; not for weather, but for suicides. Warm restless winds have stirred both nature and the human spirit and for some it’s been more than they
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Mary Magdala’s Easter Prayer
I never suspected Resurrection and to be so painful to leave me weeping With Joy to have met you, alive and smiling, outside an empty tomb
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Expressing Our Affection
Certain questions bring us pain. The question of love is frequently one of them. Have you ever experienced a love that gave you the sense that you were lovable despite
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Jesus Was A Good Loser
It is hard for us to love each other. Our relationships are too charged with competition, jealousy and violence. Win! Be the best at something! Show others you are more
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Staying Home On A Friday Night
I am old enough to have known another time. Things were different when I was little. Many of life’s pleasures weren’t available and people made due, celebrating what there was
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The Eucharist Is An Embrace
There is a story told about a four-year-old Jewish boy, Mortakai, who refused to go to school to study Hebrew and the Torah. Every time his parents attempted to send