A couple of interesting items caught our eye today regarding the current state of religion in the world, and the opportunity such state affords the church through evangelization.
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Lord, I am Not Worthy But Speak the Word Only
Lent is a time of return, that which was lost is found again and a new beginning is sought. Lost sheep are brought back to the fold.
Read moreWorn Out Days
In the years that have followed the second council of the Vatican many aspects of our life have changed. And we might add, they needed to change in a radical manner.
Read moreEpiphany, a Time of Realization
From the time of that first Epiphany to our present era so much has changed. Our individual responsibility is enormous as we continue our journey. Let us care for each other on the way.
Read moreA Monk of Our Time
Thomas Merton OCSO, monk of the Abbey of Gethsemane in Kentucky, died on this date in 1968, twenty seven years to the day after he entered the Abbey in 1941.
Read moreDeath of a Poet
Heaney’s voice, through his written and spoken word has been concluded yet the resonance from his life’s work is far from lost. We are fortunate to have shared a time of passage with a great man, a poet and person of distinction. He spoke to us and for us in a language carefully crafted and finely tuned.
Read moreA Thoughtful Few Days
I recently received an email from a friend in which he concluded with the line: “Have a less ascetic Lent but a more thoughtful one.”
Read moreA Silent Reality
Silence is the space between words, the pause-point for understanding, a release into emptiness, a time to listen.
Read moreA thorny issue: priestly celibacy
Reports from Rome in recent days suggest that there may be a movement in the current position over priestly celibacy.
Read moreDeath of a Poet
There has to be poetry in our prayer, for it opens to us a whole new realm of experience, not just of our forming words with which we offer prayer, but of our being exposed to thought-provoking language that quietens us and makes us listen. Silence is the space between words
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