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Jean Vanier – Revisited
Like many others, I was deeply distressed to learn of the recent revelations concerning Jean Vanier. He was a person whom I much admired and about whom, on numerous occasions,
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Our Congenital Complexity
The renowned spiritual writer, Ruth Burrows, begins her autobiography with these words: “I was born into this world with a tortured sensitivity. For long I have puzzled over the causes
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Speaking with Authority
We are growing ever more distrustful of words. Everywhere we hear people say: “That’s just talk! That’s nothing but empty words!” And empty words are all around us. Our world
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On Hallowing Our Diminishments
Thirty years ago, John Jungblut wrote a short pamphlet entitled, On Hallowing Our Diminishments. It’s a treatise suggesting ways we might frame the humiliations and diminishments that beset us through
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Magnanimity
What does it mean to be big-hearted, magnanimous? Once during a baseball game in high school an umpire made very unfair call against our team. Our whole team was indignant
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On Self-Hatred and Guilt
Recently on the popular television program, Saturday Night Live, a comedian made a rather colorful wisecrack in response to an answer that Nancy Pelosi had given to a journalist who
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Inadequacy, Hurt, and Reconciliation
Even with the best intentions, even with no malice inside us, even when we are faithful, we sometimes cannot not hurt each other. Our human situation is simply too complex
https://ronrolheiser.com/inadequacy-hurt-and-reconciliation/
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The Little Way
Most of us have heard of St. Therese of Lisieux, a French mystic who died at age 24 in 1897 and who is perhaps the most popular saint of the
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The Best Ten Books That Found Me in 2019
There’s a Latin axiom which argues that there’s no accounting for taste, de gustibus non est disputandum. I reference it as to preamble to my annual list of the ten
https://ronrolheiser.com/the-best-ten-books-that-found-me-in-2019/
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Deep Incarnation – Another Meaning of Christmas
Some years ago at a religious conference a man approached the microphone and after apologizing for what he felt would be an inappropriate question, asked this: “I love my dog.
https://ronrolheiser.com/deep-incarnation-another-meaning-of-christmas/