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Love, faith and ritual

Friday, 04 November 2011 00:00

It's not easy to sustain love, at least not with constant emotional fervor. Misunderstandings, irritations, tiredness, jealousies, hurt, temperamental differences, the familiarity that breeds contempt, and simple boredom invariably chip away at our emotional and affective edges and, soon enough, fervor gives way to routine, the groove becomes the rut, and love seems to disappear.

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The Catholic press loses a friend

Friday, 28 October 2011 00:00

No community should botch its deaths!  Those are the words of the famed anthropologist, Mircea Eliade, and I use them here to introduce a tribute to Otto Herschan, a long-time Catholic publisher, who died on July 12 at the age of 84.

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God and sex

Friday, 21 October 2011 00:00

Our world thinks it understands sex. It doesn't. Moreover, it is beginning to ignore and even disdain how Christianity views sexuality.

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A picture of Dorian Gray, and of our culture

Friday, 14 October 2011 14:36

Nearly a century ago, Oscar Wilde wrote a famous novel entitled, A Picture of Dorian Gray. It begins this way:
Basil Hallward, a painter, has just finished a portrait of a young man of extraordinary good looks, Dorian Gray. Just as he finishes the painting, a brilliant, though highly cynical, young Lord, Henry Wotton, wanders into the room, marvels at the painting, and compliments Dorian on his good looks.

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How do we spend our spiritual capital?

Friday, 14 October 2011 00:00

Today’s Gospel reading features one of Jesus’ more famous sayings. The religious leaders ask Jesus if it is lawful to pay taxes to Caesar and support the force that is occupying Israel. There is no right answer.

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Papal intentions for June: That a culture of dialogue, listening, and mutual respect may prevail among peoples; That where secularization is strongest, Christian communities may effectively promote a new evangelization.