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Faith, not fatalism
“Add Christian hope, born of faith, to the inevitability of death and the entire horizon of human experience is changed. Christian hope does not prevent death. Christian hope does not even delay death. But because Christian hope is hope in eternal life, it changes completely the way we are able to live here and now.…
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You can’t teach what you don’t know, Can’t lead where you won’t go
My gracious Lord, You were so close…You felt so close…throughout our Lent this year. It was truly a holy Lent, and I give thanks for it. I’ve wanted to hold on to the feelings of consolation that I felt. But that’s not how this works. Life intervenes once again, demanding my attention for tasks I…
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I died to myself
Oh my heavenly Lord, I walked alone surrounded by demons and snakes And You protected me. I turned to You in fear And you showed me your presence. I called to You in my misery And You heard me. I cried out in sorrow And You comforted me. I searched for You And You showed…
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Calling me
Holy Spirit, I’m drawn once again to online expression. To share with others my personal conversations with You and my Holy Father, who created me and who loves me and who yearns to be part of my life. It’s odd how intimidating communication can be if it has been left too long dormant. How to…
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The Fullness of Spirit
Originally posted on somebodylovesmeblog: For a few years now I have been feeling something that I could not put my finger on, or explain to myself or anyone else. Experiencing my mom’s last few days with her, before her death, intensified that mystical feeling within me. Those days with my mother, truly a blessing, could only…
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Reclining at table
Jesus, we’re told, often “reclined at table,” with his disciples and with others. I wonder, do I ever ‘recline’ in the fullness of what this word might mean applied to Christ? When I imagine Christ reclining, I see Him vulnerable, open, receptive, comfortable, resting. His feet are not under Him bearing the weight of His…
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Are you shy? Or an introvert?
Introvert. Leonard Pitts writes this in a recent column in the Miami Herald: The word is not a synonym for “shy,” though as a boy, I was that, too. But where shyness is an outsized fear of other people’s disapproval or of social embarrassment, to be an introvert is to be inward turning, more at…
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Thomas Merton’s continuing relevance for today’s youth
Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M. writes recently of the continuing relevance of Trappist monk and prolific spiritual writer, Thomas Merton, in America, a Catholic magazine. I’d recommend the entire article to you, here, but was particularly struck by this paragraph mid-way through: There is much that can be said about the still timely insights Merton presents…
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The Boundless Beauty of Holy Ground
Originally posted on God In All Things: This is a guest post by Michelle Lesher, SSJ. Picture it. An August retreat. A sunset as beautiful as any I had ever seen. The colors turned the sky into an artist’s canvas and I felt compelled to immortalize it using the camera on my brand new smart phone…
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Faith
I began this year, 2014, planning to document the little miracles of my life as they occur along the way. And there have been so many: Our daughter’s job loss and her subsequent move and reemployment; her house sale, house purchase; our grand-daughter’s birth, my ability to be present when she was born; and so…
Walking With My Brother 