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Are you enjoying or contemplating life?
Nov 05, 2021
Perched on a rock overlooking the sea, I caught sight of two men knee-deep in the waters, throwing a net for a catch.
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Binding and loosing
Nov 05, 2021
Love is the ultimate power within life. God is love, and in the end there will only be love. Already at a purely human level, outside of any faith considerations, we sense its power, as something that can ultimately withstand everything.
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Wednesdays with Pope Francis: Introduction to the Letter to the Galatians
Nov 05, 2021
The Galatians found themselves in a situation of crisis. What were they to do? To listen and follow what Paul had preached to them, or to listen to the new preachers who accused him? It is easy to imagine the state of uncertainty that filled their hearts.
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The richest person in history — and speaking truth to power
Oct 29, 2021
Trying to identify the richest person in history is difficult, given a host of economic factors in different eras: the different levels of inflation, the fact that much wealth was held in land and precious metals, and varying currency values over time.
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Beware of your inner circles
Oct 29, 2021
God breaks into our lives in important ways, mainly through “the stranger”, through what’s foreign, through what’s other, and through what sabotages our thinking and blows apart our calculated expectations.
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Reflecting on the Psalms: The Psalms in the Church
Oct 29, 2021
The Psalms were not, at first, collected into a psalmody in the first two centuries, though they were read in the assemblies and interpreted in a Christian perspective. In the second century, they were used for apologetics and personal prayer.
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Being a missionary in my own backyard
Oct 22, 2021
We all have titles that we identify with. Some we’ve earned, some were given to us. These titles grow and evolve, just as we do, often charting the course of our lives and the choices that come with it.
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Permission to be sad
Oct 22, 2021
Today neither our culture nor our churches give us sufficient permission to be sad.
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Reflecting on the Psalms: The scandal of belief
Oct 22, 2021
The relationship with the God of the covenant permeated every aspect of their lives.
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What’s in a Quote … You ask?
Oct 16, 2021
“Come to me … I will give you rest” (Mt.11:28). How? “Ask … Seek …Knock at the door (Mt 7:7).
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Sunday Reflection
The politics of Jesus
In today’s gospel (Luke 14:14-21), Jesus comes to Nazareth, the town where He grew up, to the synagogue where He worshipped, and to people who know Him. He reads from the Prophet Isaiah:
