As St. Thomas More sees it, the desire to be comforted by God is itself a work of grace, indeed the first consolation of the Spirit.
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Heaven is relationship—not real estate
Heaven is the enjoyment of a Trinitarian relationship that knows no limit, not the reward of tract housing real estate.
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How do you know if you’re truly hearing the voice of the Good Shepherd?
How do you tell the shepherd’s voice from your own? How do you distinguish between the two, especially as his almost always emerges from within our own thoughts?
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St. Augustine and the pondering we call prayer
Reflecting on the Emmaus story, St. Augustine suggested that the risen Lord enters our lives when we ponder, even though we cannot see the one who gathers us in by way of our memories.
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What young mothers share with the disciples locked in the upper room
A Homily for the Second Sunday of Easter, by Father Terrance Klein
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Dying like Christ: To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield
A Homily for Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion, by Father Terrance Klein
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The night before he died, Christ brought something new into the world
A Homily for Holy Thursday, by Father Terrance Klein
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On Easter, love has the last word
Loss always follows love, but in Christ, loss yields to love.
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Christ’s Passion in Matthew and the psychology of death
A Homily for Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, by Father Terrance Klein
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The raising of Lazarus wasn’t a resurrection
Lazarus’ miraculous resuscitation, difficult enough to comprehend, teaches us something of resurrection, which lies utterly beyond our ken.