Category: Division
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Isolation versus solitude
Contemplation and prayer are solitary endeavors, opportunities to be with You, Father, and Your Holy Spirit in me. How does this feeling of oneness with You wander so easily during times of trial into a such desert of isolation and division? There’s a part of me that wants to curl up and hide from all…
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My belated response to Melinda Henneberger
Melinda Henneberger wrote and published a column in the National Catholic Reporter back in December 5, 2018 on her reasons for leaving the Catholic Church. She (and many of us) felt a crisis of conscious over the McGarrick revelations and the unfolding knowledge of our church’s continuing sex abuse scandal and coverup. I shared her…
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Spread the Light of Love, not the darkness of division
Heavenly Father, I am so sorry for my words last night. We have friends visiting from out of town. They’ve been here now for several days and we’ve gotten all our catch-up conversation out of the way. As the evening wore on and our words became less guarded, the conversation turned to politics and our…