Many of us avoid contemplative prayer because we are more afraid of God’s non-existence than we are sure that we will experience God’s presence.
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Lord, deliver us from lying to ourselves
God is more than we can comprehend, and sin limits what we can understand.
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For Christians, to love is to open yourself up to suffering
In itself, suffering is never a good thing. But if someone we love is suffering, then we want our share of it.
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St. Ignatius shows us that falling in love with God takes serious commitment
What do I love in life that stands between me and the love of my life? What stands between me and my Lord?
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Marriage doesn’t have a monopoly on love. But it does show that we are made for love.
The list of failures and disappointments in marriage is long, but just as our sins cannot cancel the goodness God gave us, marriage remains a singular channel of God’s grace.
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Today’s culture makes dialogue difficult. The early church’s approach might help.
Faith, justice and unity still matter. So too do prudence, charity and patience. The latter are not chains upon the former. They are channels that direct them to their source in God.
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What is Christian faith without Christian practice?
To see our faith as a calling is to recognize that, whoever we are, we have only just begun to live out our discipleship.
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What is the difference between knowledge and wisdom? Jesus lived and preached it — all the way to the cross.
Jesus went to his death trusting in the love of his father. That was the wisdom he preached, both in the words he used and in the witness that he gave.
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Christ allows us to see and hear what really matters—and then to speak it to others
Our words might seem to offer so little to those whom we love. Yet because they are spoken in Christ, because they are taken up into the sound, clarity and truth of his voice, they have their effect.
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Refusing the Covid vaccine is the ultimate sin of omission for Catholics today
How can Christians, any people of good will, put their focus on protecting liberty rather than life?