• The Eucharist as a call to Justice

  When the famous historian Christopher Dawson decided to become a Roman Catholic, his aristocratic mother was distressed, not because she had any aversion to Catholic dogma, but because now her

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• What is the Essence of True Religion?

  What defines true religion? What ultimately constitutes true worship? How do we know that we aren’t rationalizing our own selves and calling it religion? How do we know that we

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• A Particularly Joyous Wedding

  Last week I presided at a wedding ceremony. All weddings are special, but this one was particularly special. Why? The young woman getting married was wonderfully radiant and healthy, but

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• Non-Discriminating Embrace that still Speaks its Truth

  Be compassionate as your heavenly Father is compassionate. Jesus challenged us with those words and there is more in them than first meets the eye. How is God compassionate? Jesus

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• When What is Precious is Taken From You

  Perhaps the reality that is hardest of all to accept in life is the unalterable fact that everything that is precious to us will, in some way, eventually be taken

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• Losing a Prophet

  On the evening of May 18th, five priests driving north from Guatemala City for a community meeting were stopped by masked gunmen. After robbing the priests of their belongings, they

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• Priestly and Affective Prayer

  Prayer is classically defined as lifting mind and heart to God. That’s a good definition, but it needs an important qualification. There are two essential kinds of prayer: Something we

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• Mystical Images for Our Religious Quest

  There are few things as powerful as a poetic image. The nation with the best poets will ultimately triumph because poetry is more powerful than armies. An army can beat

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• The Anatomy of Sacrifice

  What do we mean when we say that we make a sacrifice? I have sacrificed my career for my children! I sacrifice a lot for my job! Love demands that

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• Creativity as One Answer to Violence

  In his novel, Anil’s Ghost, Michael Ondaatje creates a character named Ananda. Ananda’s wife had been murdered in the civil war in Sri Lanka and Ananda is trying to save

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