18
Dec
Love is Always Conditional
I haven’t been active on here in quite a while, though fortunately, the reason is because I’ve been
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christianity
21
Apr
From Rainer Maria Rilke’s ‘The Prodigal Son Returns’:
‘Sometimes he would spend whole nights in tears beneath that starry dome, longing to be filled with such rays himself.
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26
Mar
Alan E. Lewis on the prayers of Holy Saturday
“Is not all prayer designed for Easter Saturday, the product of confusion, emptiness, and grief? Prayer is desperation translated into
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25
Mar
A second poem for Good Friday
If you had really wanted to be strong,
you would not have come from a woman’s womb.
For messiahs
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25
Mar
A poem for Good Friday
‘He told us we were free to choose
But, children as we were, we thought—
“Paternal Love will only use
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11
Mar
Make America Meek Again: The Legacy of St. Gregory the Great
‘On the anniversary of his death, the greatness of this champion of the Church provides weighty meditation material for American
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10
Feb
I’ve been looking at Salvador Dali’s ‘Christ of St. John of the Cross’ a lot today
Today is the first day of Lent. John of the Cross has always fascinated me, a man who knew as
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11
Dec
(Untitled)
There is a risk for any religion that looks to accomplished events as its foundation. The word once unexpectedly spoken
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27
Oct
Thomas Merton on The World
One of Thomas Merton’s continual but fruitful struggles was with how to approach, understand, and relate to, “world”. It’
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