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| Catholicism, holiness and spirituality
My musings on the Catholic Church, holiness and spirituality
Have you ever had one of those times when you see something new in the old and familiar? Today was one of those days in church. I heard something new in a scripture I've heard countless times. You know the...
Compassion, mercy, love - that's what comes to my mind when I reflect on the Gospel message, the message from Jesus to the world. And that message came through in some surprising ways. It went against the grain, it surprised...
Compassion, mercy, love - that's what comes to my mind when I reflect on the Gospel message, the message from Jesus to the world. And that message came through in some surprising ways. It went against the grain, it surprised...
I've been thinking this afternoon about Easter, resurrection, and complacency. The modern Catholic church - Christianity in general, I think - has become too complacent. The original outlandish and crazy beginnings have fallen pretty flat and lifeless. We've gone from...
This past weekend I got to see some Ignatian art from our friend Holly Schapker. She spent the past few years working on some paintings that reflect the mission of St Ignatius Loyola - and they are spectacular! Holly showed...
Mary and Martha ? a story we've heard so many times, and which has been analyzed just as often. When I reflected on it today, I got a new impression from it. I thought the scene was sort of like...
'Love one another' ? that was the New Commandment. It was simple, it boiled all the other stuff down to a simple concept that the most simple of people could understand. And it continues to be an elegant way of...
When I read today's scripture readings, my first impression was 'wow'. Not in the excited, exclamatory way of 'Wow! Those were great!', but in the manner you would use when you realized something uncomfortable yet full of purpose. 'Wow, those...
Patience is a virtue, but I suppose at some point action is called for. Discerning that point is something we all have to do, and it will be personal. I think I am getting close to that threshold crossing over...
I like what Peter Maurin wrote years ago ? his pithy 'Easy Essays'. I was revisiting some of them today, spurred, I think, by the Labor Day holiday. I don't necessarily agree with all he wrote, and I'm sure he...
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