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Dismantling xenophobia, reaching out to modern-day social outcasts
Aug 01, 2020
In many societies around the world, people have deep-rooted prejudices on the grounds of race or religion, even social class or gender.
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On not locking our doors
Aug 01, 2020
In his book The Secret, Rene Fumoleau has a poem entitled Sins. Fumoleau, who was a missionary priest with the Dene Peoples in Northern Canada, once asked a group of Elders to name what they considered the worst sin of all.
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Despondency and despair during times of darkness
Jul 25, 2020
Looking around us at the state of the world and the situation closer to home, it would be easy to sink into despondency.
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Sacred permission to feel human …
Jul 25, 2020
It is normal to feel restless as a child, lonely as a teenager, and frustrated by lack of intimacy as an adult; after all we live with insatiable desires of every kind, none of which will ever find full fulfilment this side of eternity.
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Amid persecution and darkness, expect the unexpected
Jul 18, 2020
These are dark days we live in. In many nations, democracy and basic freedoms, including media freedom, are under threat.
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Some secrets worth knowing
Jul 18, 2020
Monks have secrets worth knowing, and these can be invaluable when a coronavirus pandemic is forcing millions of us to live like monks.
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Why does God allow suffering and oppression at the hands of the powerful?
Jul 11, 2020
This is a timeless question that was asked long before Jesus arrived on the scene, by those who had to live through oppression under cruel rulers or imperial overlords.
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Deeper things under the surface
Jul 11, 2020
We connect to each other at different levels. How we do that through words is one thing, but that isn’t the only thing or often even the most important thing.
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Why the Apostles’ transformation at Pentecost was so extraordinary
Jul 05, 2020
The events after Pentecost showcase the extraordinary courage among the disciples of Jesus following his death and resurrection.
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Praying when we don’t know how
Jul 04, 2020
He taught us how to pray while not knowing how to pray. That’s a comment sometimes made about Henri Nouwen.
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Sunday Reflection
Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time: The Culture of Life
The Gospel reading for this Sunday begins with Jesus hearing the news of the death of John the Baptist, who was murdered, as you know, by Herod as part of the plot of his wife, Herodias, to protect her position at court. You know the story.
