The great mistake that many make in what they call their spiritual lives is to believe that they do not need words to be in communion with God.
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Think life is hard? Wait until you see heaven.
It is faith that makes us ready for heaven. And what is faith? Stubbornly seeing purpose in this life—stubbornly because sometimes it does take a great effort—that others cannot see.
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The miracle of the Eucharist does not depend on using the ‘right’ liturgy
Young advocates of the Tridentine liturgy like to believe that it was always celebrated with great beauty and dignity. Older Catholics know that this is not true.
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When you’re afraid, keep your eyes on Jesus
The question and the charge we are given by the Lord remains the same: Do you love me? Keep your eyes on me!
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Easter reminds us to look at the world with the eyes of children
Adults envy the wonder that kids can find in the everyday world, while kids resent being told that so much of the world is off-limits to them, that they must not touch, not taste, not take into their own hands.
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Good Friday: When we love selfishly, we kill the thing we love.
In preaching Christ crucified, the church reveals both our guilt and our redemption. A love that cannot step free of self eventually kills what it loves.
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On Holy Thursday, Jesus flips our very understanding of God
We have always wanted to be God, to claim the right of truth, to receive and not to give. Yet on this night, Jesus pours it all away, our very understanding of God, over our feet and into a basin to be pitched.
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Words can’t prove the resurrection. But for Mary Magdalene, Jesus’ voice reveals the truth of Easter.
In so many of our resurrection accounts it is the voice, not the face, that reveals the presence of the living, resurrected Christ.
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There are two responses to sin: shame and compassion
Perhaps we need to go slower with shame. It is too powerful a tool to wield carelessly.
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The Woman Caught in Adultery: A Tale of Dust and Darkness
We all live in the dark, in the dust. If we are going to assail evil where we find it, what of the evil we do not see in ourselves?