• Praying Through A Crisis

  We all have our moments of chaos and crisis. Loss, death, sickness, disappointment, hurt, loneliness, hatred, jealousy, obsession, fear, these come into our lives and often we find ourselves overwhelmed

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• Passion Is God’s Fire In Us

  Fifty years ago, T.S. Eliot predicted the death of passion, poetry, fidelity and historical consciousness. Today, tragically, that prediction is coming true. As Christians, we need to recognize that fact

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• A Summer Of Centering

  This summer I set out to learn about Ignatius of Loyola and computers. It’s a strange mix, but it makes for a nice agenda. As the Gospels would have it,

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• A Theologian’s Problems

  I should have been a theologian 25 years ago. Things were simpler then. Theologians published books and catechisms which clearly explained everything. Everyone knew what the church taught and what

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• Remembering As Surgery

  There is a fine line between nostalgia and the longing for lost innocence. The latter is healthy; the former is not. Nostalgia is an unhealthy depression, an adolescent sentimentality which

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• Saying ‘Yes’ To Santa Claus

  If you ask a naive child: “Do you believe in Santa Claus?” he replies “Yes!” If you ask a bright child the same question, he replies “No!” However, if you

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• The Real Loss Of Virginity

  Some years ago, while giving a retreat, a lady came to me for confession. Her confession was long and sincere. However, that sincerity and genuine contrition was constantly punctured by

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• On Sensible And Stupid Risks

  Love is all about risking. However not all risks are well founded.  Falling in love is like falling over a cliff. It is a letting go, an abandonment, a release

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• Spring And The Resurrection

  “It’s spring and I am blind.” I saw that written once upon the frayed lapel of a sightless beggar. That line struck me today, Easter Sunday, as I sat looking

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• On The Road To Emmaus

  Nearly 2,000 years ago, two disillusioned youths consoled each other as they walked that seven-mile stretch of road separating Jerusalem from Emmaus. They moved slowly, depression having taken the spring

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