Today in honoring the saints, we recognize that they have built the church.
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Even with so many dead in the Civil War, what Lincoln teaches us about the value of human life.
We love our definitions, our categories and our ability to transform most anything in the world into an equation.
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What Catholics in post-Protestant democracy can learn from medieval monarchs
If we, the people, are ourselves responsible for the good of the state, then we have the same obligations that a medieval monarch once had.
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If we believe God’s promises, how can we keep from singing?
We the church ought to be a people marked by joy, like guests at a wedding feast.
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Why it hurts so much when a loved one leaves the church
Being human does not get any harder than when there is a rupture between meaning and love
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The older we get, the more we should want to grow
Lots of people get crusty as they age. Only the saints get slippery.
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If you are keeping score, it is not real love
The moment we begin to measure, we know nothing of love, know nothing of God.
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How do you picture your soul?
Sin rips apart the soul. Draw your image as best you can.
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What angels and smartphones teach us about our humanity
We cannot be human, cannot be ourselves, without other human beings.
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Romeo and Jesus? Christians have always been unrepentant romantics.
Jesus calls forth our loving gifts, though, apart from him, they can never rise to meet the lofty love of God.