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Wrath and resentment? Or compassion and mercy?

Tuesday, 06 September 2011 15:35

We're all familiar with holding grudges. We all get angry when someone treats us poorly. The anger may last a few minutes, days, months or years. The longer it lasts, the deeper the resentment can become. Today’s readings suggest that holding a serious grudge is not a very good idea.

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It is in community that we find God

Tuesday, 30 August 2011 15:14

There is a belief that if you share your dream with others, and remind yourself and others of the desires you have for your life, they will come true. Books have been written about people who focus on a financial goal, or a career goal, and believe that it will come to pass, and it does.

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How great is our faith?

Friday, 19 August 2011 00:00

Editor’s note: The following column for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time was inadvertently omitted from last week’s Tidings. This week, we are running Bill Peatman’s column for both the 20th and 21st Sundays, with our apologies for the error.

Today’s first reading shares a powerful vision of what God wants our spiritual communities to be: “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”

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Mass translations: A challenge in every language

Wednesday, 10 August 2011 12:08

In Italian the verbs "to translate" and "to betray" sound very similar and have given birth to the adage, "To translate is to betray."

Msgr. Juan Miguel Ferrer Grenesche, undersecretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, cited the saying in an interview Aug. 9 with the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, about the task of translating Mass texts and the Bible.

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Who is in control? Not us

Wednesday, 10 August 2011 12:04

I think one of the tendencies of human nature that gets us in the most trouble is the inclination to think we know how God should behave. When something goes wrong in our lives, or something causes pain or suffering or discomfort, we assume that this is not God’s idea and resist with all our might.

We ask, “Why is this happening?” but it’s a rhetorical question. We assume it shouldn’t be happening.

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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.