No less a theologian than Saint Thomas Aquinas lamented that when it comes to understanding the Holy Spirit our problems begin with the name Summa Theologiae I 36 1 Think of all things that can be called holy or how often one might speak of a spirit Even with the two words conjoined the min

Here rsquo s a passage to ponder It rsquo s from My Beloved World 2013 the memoir of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sottomayor As a young child she didn rsquo t feel particularly close to her mother a working nurse raising two children while struggling with her husband rsquo s alcoholism Then

What do we know of heaven Jesus Where is heaven Jesus What is heaven like Jesus The questions and answers may seem blithe but they come to the core of the bittersweet mystery we call the Ascension quot As they were looking on he was lifted up and a cloud took him from their sight quot Ac

Cell phones texts Tweets emails uploaded photos and videos Skype Facebook pages and blogs Communication technology doesn rsquo t only permeate modern life its melds with our humanity itself A young person today might not emerge from the womb with a smart phone but there aren rsquo t many

Orvieto is an hour rsquo s train ride north of Rome about half-way to Florence Once you arrive at the Stazione Termine you rsquo ll need to take a funicular up to the city which sits on a high fortified butte overlooking the Umbrian plain It rsquo s worth the trip Life on earth doesn rsquo t

In a child rsquo s mind adults have all the freedom They do what they want when they want Adults might counter that a child can rsquo t even comprehend the cares and concerns of adulthood but the kids are right about the freedom Typical of the time my childhood was highly regimented Our fathe

I rsquo ve read that groceries were introduced into Walmarts with the idea that once consumers were in the door mdash say for bread or milk mdash they would before they knew what was happening wander into dry goods to purchase towels DVD rsquo s and cat toys Seems to be working Not long a

Beside the grave when they were seated in the metal folding chairs under the awning the preacher said a few words more and read from scripture once again and he prayed for the safe translation of Harold rsquo s immortal soul into everlasting heaven Afterward he shook Raymond rsquo s hand And by

Here rsquo s an Easter question Why didn rsquo t the resurrected Christ appear to those who had sought or sanctioned his death people like the High Priest Caiaphas or the Roman Procurator Pontius Pilate Wouldn rsquo t that prove beyond any doubt that he had risen from the tomb Jesus back fro

The play begins with an unexpected abdication Know that we have divided In three our kingdom and lsquo tis our fast intentTo shake all cares and business from our age Conferring them on younger strengths while we Unburdened crawl toward death I i 17-41 King Lear rejects the realm mdash one mig