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Struggling with our complexity

Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:00

In a book on preaching, “Telling the Truth,” Frederick Buechner challenges all preachers and spiritual writers to speak with "awful honesty" about the human struggle, even inside the context of faith. Don't put an easy sugar-coating on things, he warns:

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Meaning and happiness

Thursday, 16 June 2011 16:00

Am I happy? Is my life a happy one? Am I happy inside my marriage? Am I happy with my family? Am I happy in my job? Am I happy with my church? Am I happy inside my own skin?

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Listening to Christ's heartbeat

Wednesday, 08 June 2011 09:06

The last supper account in John's Gospel gives us a wonderful mystical image. The evangelist describes the beloved disciple as reclining on the breast of Jesus. What's contained in this image? A number of things:

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God and violence

Tuesday, 24 May 2011 13:59

God is non-violent. God does not prescribe violence. Violence should never be rationalized in God's name. That is clear in Christian revelation.

But that immediately poses the question: What about the violence in Scripture that is attributed to God or to God's direct orders?

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A new priest’s story: ‘Curiosity got the better of me’

Tuesday, 24 May 2011 13:56

My first call to the priesthood actually came to me when I was six years old. I can recall telling my first grade teacher that I wanted to be a priest when I grew up. There was something about the priests in my parish that fascinated me, and I wanted to be just like them.

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Papal intentions for May: That administrators of justice may act always with integrity and right conscience; That seminaries, especially those of mission churches, may form pastors after the Heart of Christ, fully dedicated to proclaiming the Gospel.