The real problem is not the offering of prayers in the face of tragedy but the interpretation of what prayer entails.
Prayer
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A Talent for the Gospel
When the Master returns, he will want to know what we did to further the compassion, humility, freedom and love he entrusted to us.
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Inherit the Kingdom
God’s “sheep” know their dependence. Knowledge of their own need for grace opens their hearts to the needs of others.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
In purgatory, God turns back time—and transforms sin
God’s mercy finds a way to fix, in time, in us, what a time of sin has distorted.
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A prayer for wildfire victims
Almighty God, who alone created the beauty and the bounty of our land, who cares and loves everyone, be with your people in California now in the midst of the fires.
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The Relationship That Matters
Only those who understand true humility can walk with Christ each day into the presence of the Father.
Posted inFaith, The Word
Those Who Are Ready
Only three Sundays remain in the church year. Each of them includes a Gospel about the end times.
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Awe and Devotion
Every display of love that we receive should transfix us with awe and inspire a response of the deepest generosity.
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Whom Do You Serve?
These other sovereigns can confer social status but not community, power but not trust, wealth but not fulfillment, pleasure but not joy.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Can you be a Catholic and a yogi?
These two ways, of Christ and Patanjali, have helped me be more at peace and be kinder to myself.