Pride may well be the first deadly sin to arrive and the last to leave.
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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Good prayer is prayer that changes us. It doesn’t necessarily feel good.
Why does God ask us to offer so many unrequited prayers?
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In contrast to the scatterer, Christ summons us to his side
In the ‘Lord of the Flies,’ the one who slanders and scatters, isn’t out there, in the dark, he’s within them.
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Following God’s vision, not ours
We don’t give the church its mission. Christ does.
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The Gospels can’t tell us what paradise looks like—only how to get there.
Joy in the next life depends upon justice in this one.
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The spiritual life begins with gratitude.
The best things in life really are free.
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One priest’s memory of 9/11
We stayed there through the night, waiting for reports from “the great out there.”
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Welcoming the stranger—even when he forgets to knock
The phone rang. “Father, it’s Joss. We think there is someone in the choir loft.”
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Want to be more humble? There’s a prayer for that.
Pride isn’t the answer to our fears. Humility is. If you lack humility, pray for God to gird your life with love.
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When in Rome, why choose vanilla?
We can close ourselves to the best of this life, and, however else we define sin, it is surely that.