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If homelessness becomes your way of life you will suffer the unkindest cut of all. People will say that you prefer to be homeless and will pity you, or drive you off the streets. Without a home you will find yourself stripped of respect....
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Like St Paul before him, St Ignatius is a saint for all seasons. By the time that he was chosen to be the first Superior of the group that would become the Jesuits he had been there and done that....
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“God is love,” scripture says, “and whoever abides in love abides in God and God abides in him or her.” ...
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The Christ we welcome in the Eucharist urges us to let go of hurts and offences and lift the burden from anyone who has caused us pain....
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The woman that we meet in the Gospels knows there is a radical difference between life before Jesus and life after encountering Jesus....
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How often do we look at someone’s life at the level of soul and say: He’s found it! She’s there! That’s what a full life looks like! ...
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Jesus held his hands wide open in the desert. The basis of the temptations he underwent there was the enticement to close his hands, to grasp his divinity, to tighten his grip. Instead, he held them open....
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The obstinately unique nature of Pope Francis is on a par with that of the Scriptures he loved, which are equally unique....
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Sacred fire fuels all of life and infuses everyone, saint and sinner alike. And God has given us the freedom to use it as we choose, wisely or wickedly....