Like Peter, we might envy the one who walks on water, thinking that more control of our lives is all that we need.
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Can you be human without the world?
We like to fancy ourselves as free from an enveloping world.
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What does a wedding dress say about our faith?
Part of growing up is realizing that someone is waiting for us, that someday someone is going to ask us to share life with him or her. All of that is sewn into the dreamed-of dress.
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A Gospel reading for those who feel rejected by a broken world
“Wheat and Weeds” is the parable Christ gave us to bite down on when we feel that we do not belong. Christ and his compassion have not abandoned us.
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What makes us ready to receive the word of God?
We listen to the sacred Scriptures week after week, year after year. Why does it take a diagnosis, a divorce, a death, a setback or a struggle for us to hear them?
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Nations liberate by force. But Christ does not compel.
Though liberation is often won through violence, love can never conquer through compulsion. Love must always be meek.
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What can we learn from the ‘little ones’ in our life?
Jesus did not speak of great prophets, who would follow him. No, he told us to expect humble souls, “little ones,” people we might not even notice if we do not keep our eyes open and our hearts receptive.
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Is the Gospel propaganda?
Strictly speaking, anyone spreading ideas, good or bad, engages in propaganda. Preaching is propaganda. St. Paul wrote propaganda.
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Is there only one real presence?
A reflection of the feast of Corpus Christi, by the Rev. Terrance Klein
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We cannot see God, but God touches us
In his own divine depth, the Holy Spirit remains an utter mystery, but we have nonetheless felt his true touch.