After losing his daughter to cancer, Richard Wile embraces the kenosis, or self-emptying, of centering prayer.
One of the hallmarks of the young papacy of Pope Francis has been his repeated critique of what he calls the contemporary ldquo economy of inequality and exclusion rdquo Some commentators have seen this as an indictment of the present moment but the pope rsquo s stance would be misinterpreted if
These two books come from cultured and urbane Catholic professors of theology one at Boston College Imbelli and the other at St Mary rsquo s University Twickenham London Bullivant Neither needs to raise his voice to make his case effectively Both are concerned albeit in different ways to
Stark reality meets gentle whimsy. I’d like to think this is a characterization of the Irish temperament and the arts that flow from it; but whether or not that idea has any wider validity, it fits Calvary perfectly.Another offering from John Michael McDonagh, the writer-director who brought u
Much modern talk about God tends to reduce the creator to a living doll who wants to give us a divine cuddle There is no doubt that the essence of God rsquo s being is love but the experience of that love and of God rsquo s being is not always an experience of comfort and ease God can disturb th
One of the most shocking but welcome aspects of the Bible is how often power is challenged It occurs so often in the biblical tradition that we might take it for granted but the practice of saying uncomfortable things to those who have authority to speak from a position of weakness to those who
Regrettable split over assisted suicide in the Church of England should be approached in a spirit of fraternal love.