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Laughter as Faith
In our novitiate, when I was a novice with the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, our assistant Novice Director, a sincere but overly-stern man, cautioned us about too much levity in
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The Right Answer Alone Is Not Enough
Truth alone is not enough. It must be balanced off with the other transcendental properties of God: oneness, goodness, and beauty. That might sound abstract, but what it means concretely
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The Three Levels of Christian Discipleship
Nikos Kazantzakis once suggested that there are three kinds of souls and three kinds of prayers: ยท I am a bow in your hands, Lord, draw me, lest I rot.
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Of Pharisees, Pots, Bronze Kettles, Liturgical Rubrics, Cups, And Cats
Several years ago, I was at church meeting where we were discussing liturgical rubrics. There was heated discussion over a number of issues: Should the congregation be standing or kneeling
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Categorical Imperatives
There’s a well-known axiom that I will phrase more delicately than its usual expression. It goes this way: Every time you tell yourself that you should do something, you pay
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Our Attitude Towards Wealth
The rich are getting richer, and we are almost beyond surprise at how rich that is. Every day, our newspapers, our televisions, and the internet, report financial compensations that, even
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The Ultimate Answer To Violence
Last year a French movie was released entitled, “Of Gods and Men” that was described by the New York Times as “perhaps the best movie on Christian commitment ever made.”
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In Paradox There Is Virtue
There are a number of old axioms that suggest that virtue and truth lie in the middle, between the two extremes. This was called the “golden mean” and expressed in
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A Lesson in Contingency
If only! How often we feel those bitter words of regret: If only! If only I had noticed earlier! If only I had been more attentive! If only I could
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Patience With God
There’s an adage that says that an atheist is simply someone who cannot grasp metaphor. Thomas Halik, the Czech writer, would suggest rather that an atheist is someone who cannot