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On Being One with the Saints in Praising God
We are all familiar with a refrain that echoes through many of our Christian prayers and songs, an antiphon of hope addressed to God: Grant that we may be one
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Taking Pain to the Heart
Writing in his journal during a time of bitter heartbreak, Henri Nouwen wrote these words: The great challenge is living your wounds through instead of thinking them through. It is
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Turning Inner Chaos into a Peaceful Garden
Almost all spiritualities have a special place for deserts, wilderness, and other such places where we are unprotected and in danger from untamed nature, wild beasts, and threatening spirits. This
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The Challenge of Accepting Pleasure without Guilt
Many of us suffer from a certain inchoate guilt. Simply put, we struggle to healthily enjoy pleasure without guilt, to not feel guilty about feeling good, to not be apologetic
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On Fasting and Praying in Secret
The philosopher, David Hume, once made a distinction between something he called as genuine virtues and something he termed monkish virtues. Genuine virtues, he said, were those qualities inside us
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Haiti and the Theodicy Question
Where is God in the countless tragedies that happen in our world? Where is God when bad things happen to good people? Where was God during the Holocaust? These are
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Lessons from the Monastic Cell
Monks have secrets worth knowing. Here’s some advice from the Desert Fathers: Go to your cell and your cell will teach you everything you need to know. Here’s another counsel
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Good Books That Found Me This Year
An old adage says that the book you need to read finds you. I believe that, though obviously the book likes a little help from its reader who needs to
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Reasons to Celebrate Christmas
For many people the thought of Christmas brings fatigue. It’s not the religious aspect that causes the tiredness, but the overdrawn rituals that surround it: the overly decorated shops, the
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Chastity and Christmas
Scripture and Christian tradition emphasize that Jesus could only be born out of a chaste womb, just as Christian Spirituality emphasizes he can only come to full bloom inside of