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For my entire Catholic life, no matter how hard I’ve tried, I’ve never been able to remember all the ins and outs of the Rosary: the mysteries, the placement of the various prayers and so on. I pray it, but in my own way....
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The Catholic Church may be on the verge of a new era of laity-supported engagement and encounter as it enters the third decade of the new millennium....
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Some believe the pope’s dreams of mediating between Ukraine and Russia will never come true, arguing that these meetings between Francis and Zelenskyy, who has been on a European tour since the day before, are pointless. Recent months seem to validate this view....
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What is it with the Roman Catholic Church and women? It is not as if they have just arrived on the scene and need to be integrated into the life of the Church. In fact, they are the life of the church....
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The miracle of Jesus’ resurrection, like the Exodus, happened once historically, but it is also outside of time and place and available to us as a way to leave behind the pharaohs that enslave us, so as to arrive in freedom, on a new shore....
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Jesus once said something that might be paraphrased this way: What does it profit you if you gain the whole world and are forever too much in a hurry and too pressured to enjoy it....
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“One must choose the lesser of two evils," he said. "Who is the lesser of two evils, that lady or that gentleman, I do not know.”...
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Each of us needs to courageously ask: what energy do I bring into a room?...
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For over three hundred years after the Roman demolition of the Temple, the Roman Emperors forbade the Jews to enter Jerusalem for all except one day of the year. They then gathered at the Western Wall, closest to the site of the destroyed Temple, to lament its loss....
For my entire Catholic life, no matter how hard I’ve tried, I’ve never been able to remember all the ins and outs of the Rosary: the mysteries, the placement of the various prayers and so on. I pray it, but in my own way....
The Catholic Church may be on the verge of a new era of laity-supported engagement and encounter as it enters the third decade of the new millennium....
Some believe the pope’s dreams of mediating between Ukraine and Russia will never come true, arguing that these meetings between Francis and Zelenskyy, who has been on a European tour since the day before, are pointless. Recent months seem to validate this view....
What is it with the Roman Catholic Church and women? It is not as if they have just arrived on the scene and need to be integrated into the life of the Church. In fact, they are the life of the church....
The miracle of Jesus’ resurrection, like the Exodus, happened once historically, but it is also outside of time and place and available to us as a way to leave behind the pharaohs that enslave us, so as to arrive in freedom, on a new shore....
Jesus once said something that might be paraphrased this way: What does it profit you if you gain the whole world and are forever too much in a hurry and too pressured to enjoy it....
“One must choose the lesser of two evils," he said. "Who is the lesser of two evils, that lady or that gentleman, I do not know.”...
Each of us needs to courageously ask: what energy do I bring into a room?...
For over three hundred years after the Roman demolition of the Temple, the Roman Emperors forbade the Jews to enter Jerusalem for all except one day of the year. They then gathered at the Western Wall, closest to the site of the destroyed Temple, to lament its loss....