• Our Gaze upon the City

  Jesus, it seems, had mixed feelings towards the world. He loved the world, laid down his life for it, and challenged us to love the world, even as he criticized

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• Dag Hammarskjold on Sexuality and Desire

  The lusts of the flesh reveal the loneliness of the soul. Dag Hammarskjold, the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, wrote those words and they highlight part of the deeper

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• Mother’s Day

  There’s an old adage that offers a wise counsel, even as it leaves us powerless to heed its advice: Pick your parents wisely! Easier said than done; but the adage

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• A Pilgrimage through Nature, Desire, and Soul

  Nature, desire, and soul – we rarely integrate these well. Yet they are so inextricably linked that how we relate to one deeply colors the others; and, indeed, spirituality itself

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• Accepting Truth, Whatever its Cloak

  When I was student in the seminary, I had two kinds of teachers: One kind, precisely because they were fiercely loyal to all that is Christian and Catholic, would have

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• God’s Quiet Presence in Our Lives

  The poet, Rumi, submits that we live with a deep secret that sometimes we know, and then not. That can be very helpful in understanding our faith. One of the

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• The Transcript of Our Trial

  The biblical accounts of Jesus’ passion and death focus very much on his trial, describing it in length and in detail. And there is a huge irony in how it

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• The Garden of Gethsemane

  Several years ago, Mel Gibson produced and directed a movie which enjoyed a spectacular popularity. Entitled, The Passion of the Christ, the movie depicts Jesus’ paschal journey from the Garden

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• Our Need to Share Our Riches with the Poor

  We need to give away some of our own possessions in order to be healthy. Wealth that is hoarded always corrupts those who possess it. Any gift that is not

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• Groaning Beyond Words – Our Deeper Way of Praying

  When we no longer know how to pray, the Spirit, in groans too deep for words, prays through us. Saint Paul wrote those words and they contain both a stunning

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