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The eye carries profound spiritual symbolism across various religious and cultural traditions. In the Bible, as in many faiths, it represents the gateway to divine light and spiritual elevation, provided the intentions behind the gaze are pure and upright....
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In Adelaide, she left behind her much-loved family, her wonderful circle of friends, her job, which she had just gained permanency in, and her favourite country in the world, Australia, in order to learn a new language and immerse herself in a completely new way of life. ...
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Second Sunday of Advent...
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Advent is a time of reflection, a kind of spiritual wilderness in which John lived and Jesus himself was led by the Spirit of God at the beginning of his public ministry. It is a time of extricating oneself from the unnecessary trappings of life and focussing on that...
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John the Baptist comes in the midst of his own social, political and religious context, proclaiming a baptism of repentance, invoking the image used by the prophets Isaiah and Baruch: the image of every valley being filled in, every hill being laid low, every road being made straight and...
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Six Jesuit priests, including top officials of the Central American University, along with their cook and her teenage daughter, were slain on the grounds of the university Nov. 16 by as yet unidentified assassins....
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The second stage of our Advent Examen is ‘Prayer for the Light’, in which we ask to be able to see what is truly important in our own lives, says Dushan Croos SJ. That prayer can have a particular feel to it in a season that asks us to...
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The Syro-Malabar community of Western Sydney is celebrating the consecration of its first Australian cathedral in Melbourne, and believe this will help them to one day have a church of their own....
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As a Catholic philosopher and avid student of Aquinas, I am always fielding questions about whether this medieval saint is "still worth" reading today, nearly 800 years after his birth....