Even if “downtown” only stretched a block, most whistle-stops on the American prairie took great pride in their theaters, their dream palaces. Back in the last century, they would have been the only place a person raised in the heartland would have seen the ocean or a skyscraper, or seen someone like Rhett Butler kiss […]
Scripture
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The Freedom of the Father’s Children
Be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy. (Lv 19:2)
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What Mother Teresa wouldn’t do for a million dollars
Christ and his saints have a different way of calculating a thing’s worth
Posted inFaith, Interviews
A closer look at Luke’s Gospel of mercy
Consider this: only Luke tells us the story of the Prodigal Son, the Good Samaritan and the Good Thief.
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God’s Perfect Instructions
Open my eyes, that I may consider the wonders of your law! (Ps 119:18)
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The beatitudes: God’s daily tweets, sent straight to you
Rather than beg God to speak to us, we should ask God to help us to hear what God has already said in Jesus.
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Salted with love to transform the world
Everyone will be salted with fire. (Mk 9:49)
Posted inFaith, In All Things
I like priests. I just wish their homilies were shorter.
Long homilies risk charging in as an interruption on the main event: the Eucharist.
Posted inFaith, The Living Word
James Martin, S.J., on ‘Lectio Divina’
James Martin, S.J., on “Lectio Divinia”
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
The more we pour out ourselves, the more we become our best selves.
Our deepest identities are found in our call to service.