On this Feast of All Souls, let us remember “our people,” living for God and for each other. We can live for both, and die for both.
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What does it mean to become a saint?
The Solemnity of All the Saints reveals the relationship between who we are and who we should become, between time and eternity, between ourselves and the saints.
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When Christ became a Father
The cross of Christ appears as his abandonment by the Father. Our crosses do as well, but it is only in the cross that we discover that God is abandonment and outpouring love.
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When you pray, someone is always listening
Our prayers would be immeasurably improved if we truly believed that we were indeed talking to someone.
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Borders are our lines, not God’s.
We cannot help but draw dividing lines, but the Gospel wants us to know that they are our lines, not God’s. They are a consequence of sin’s entrance in the world.
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Like Dorothy in Oz, we can always return home
The way to believe in the vision is to immerse ourselves ever more deeply in the life of the vision keeper, the mystery that we call the church.
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The poor are right in front of us. Why do we fail to see them?
What grace must come, and by what means, for us to see more of the world as it truly is?
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If we don’t care for the poor, we can’t recognize—or love—God.
How can you say that you recognize and reverence God if you do not respond to those who stand in want?
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Want to be happier? Go to confession
Is it possible that people who say that the sacrament is more trouble than it is worth, that they do not need confession, have duped themselves?
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It’s hard to love people who don’t share your values, but it’s our Christian call to try.
Why do we dwell within our protective shells, safe from what might harm us but certainly not fully open to what lies beyond?