The whole world may not be at war, but sometimes our personal worlds do collapse.
Terrance Klein
The Rev. Terrance W. Klein is a priest of the Diocese of Dodge City and author of Vanity Faith.
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Catholics have a purgatory (and imagination) problem
On the Feast of All Souls, we recall how different God is from us, how wonderfully alien the halls of heaven are.
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St. Monica’s gift to her son, St. Augustine: A love for the Eucharist
When we gather for Eucharist, we gather with Christ and with all of his saints.
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What kind of God do martyrs die for?
No one dies for God as an unspeakable mystery, as simply the word we use for the openness of the human spirit.
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Why is it so hard for us to show mercy?
Because we are not free. Because we live under the tyranny of terror that sin uses to enslave us. We think that mercy will weaken us, destroy our position of strength.
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Being white and poor does not mean you’re trash
Our faith tells us that Christ chose to suffer on our behalf and that when we choose to do the same, in the service of others, we imitate Jesus in our own lives.
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Why do we run from love?
We were not meant to run, were not meant to be hunted. We were meant to be loved.
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The homily about divorce and marriage that didn’t work
What do we say to those whose marriages failed? Do we say that something went wrong in God’s great gift to you?
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Why do we create our own enemies?
Our separation from others begins within the human heart.
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Jesus never gave up the innocence of childhood. Neither should we.
If innocence cannot find a home in your heart, love will never conquer the world.