Leonardo da Vinci suggests that what did happen is what had to have happened.
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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How Leonardo da Vinci painted us all into ‘The Last Supper’
We are all part faithful, part faithless.
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A lesson from the disciple of Jesus who ran away naked
If we have run, if we have been exposed for all the world to see, it is not our failure that matters most. It is Christ’s strength.
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Are we brave enough to contemplate our own deaths?
If faith isn’t a strong ship, how can we expect it to carry us over the waters of death?
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What can we learn from the sins of the saints?
Have you heard the saints confess? It fills you with wonder at God’s grace, so clearly at work in their lives, in our world.
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Rules have their place in religion—but we need zeal to be fully human
Rules protect life, but they do not enhance it.
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Reading Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac through the Parkland shooting
What can the church and her Scriptures say to those who are broken?
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Lent asks us to travel to a new world. Asceticism is what gets us there.
Christians are called to asceticism as a way of reaching out, in faith, toward a life to come.
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Why Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day actually aren’t so different
In fasting, in abstinence, in visits to church, we are showing our love to God.
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What to do when you find empty pews
If your faith contains no concern for those who are not here, it is not healthy.