• Searching for a Womb to Birth a Messiah

  “People are always impatient, but God is never in a hurry!”  Nikos Kazantzakis wrote those words and they highlight an important truth. We need to be patient, infinitely patient, with

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• From Saints to Celebrities: Our Evolution in Admiration and Imitation

  When I was a young boy growing up in a Catholic community, the catechesis of the time tried to inspire the hearts of the young with stories of martyrs, saints,

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• Vows We Don’t Choose

  As a member of a religious order, the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, I chose to make four religious vows: poverty, chastity, obedience, and perseverance.  I did this freely, with

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• Heaven Isn’t the Same for Everyone

  Daniel Berrigan once said: Before you get serious about Jesus, think carefully about how good you are going to look on wood! That’s a needed caution because Jesus warned us

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• The Tower of Babel

  The opening pages of the Bible offer us a series of stories set at the beginning of history which are meant to explain why the world today is as it

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• Lighter Thoughts on a Heavy Subject

  Some years ago, a friend was facing the birth of her first child. While happy that she was soon to be a mother, she confessed openly her fears about the

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• Bread and Wine

  At the Last Supper when Jesus instituted the Eucharist he chose to use two elements, bread and wine. The images are now so deeply ingrained in our consciousness that we

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• A Universal Creed

  Creeds ground us. Within a short formula they summarize the main tenets of our faith and keep us mindful of the truths that anchor us. As a Christian, I pray

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• A Double Primordial Branding Within

  From Pierre Teilhard de Chardin we get these words: “Because, my God, though I lack the soul-zeal and the sublime integrity of your saints, I yet have received from you

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• Mature Love or Just Going through the Motions?

  As a Lutheran priest, Dietrich Bonhoeffer would frequently offer this advice to a couple when he presided at their wedding: Today you are in love and believe your love will

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