A disciple who seeks these signs can help the risen Christ restore some fallen corner of creation.
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How can we speak the truth in love?
Building our lives around divine love will give our words the power to heal, to deliver and to save.
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Catholics have a purgatory (and imagination) problem
On the Feast of All Souls, we recall how different God is from us, how wonderfully alien the halls of heaven are.
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What kind of God do martyrs die for?
No one dies for God as an unspeakable mystery, as simply the word we use for the openness of the human spirit.
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How can we reflect the image of God?
Many of the great saints typify one or more of the beatitudes.
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Fr. Kleinsorge, Hibakusha, Celebrates Mass for August 6, the Feast of the Transfiguration
Because he lived till 1977,
his hair as white as wool
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Why is it so hard for us to show mercy?
Because we are not free. Because we live under the tyranny of terror that sin uses to enslave us. We think that mercy will weaken us, destroy our position of strength.
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Are you radically dependent on God?
Whatever we give—time, resources, skills, attention—the offering ought to be like the widow’s: complete, courageous and with total trust in grace.
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How can our love be loyal?
Jesus drew on the biblical meaning of love, commanding unwavering loyalty to God and neighbor.