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Two major breakthroughs for greater inclusivity
May 20, 2016
Two significant things happened over the last week. One of them was the election of Sadiq Khan, son of a bus conductor and a seamstress, as mayor of London.
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The ten commandments of mercy
May 20, 2016
Among the Ten Commandments, one begins with the word “remember”: Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day”.
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An unsung prophet of our times
May 13, 2016
Few of us may have heard of him. The legendary peace activist, poet and nuclear weapons opponent Daniel Joseph Berrigan, SJ passed away on April 30 at the age of 94.
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Daniel Berrigan – RIP
May 13, 2016
Before you get serious about Jesus, first consider how good you’re going to look on wood! Daniel Berrigan wrote those words and they express a lot about who he was and what he believed in. He died at age 94.
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Sense of interconnectedness sparks thinking as global citizens
May 06, 2016
A study carried out by the BBC World Service has shown that more than half of those polled in 18 countries see themselves as global citizens.
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Marking an anniversary
May 05, 2016
What we cease to celebrate, we will soon cease to cherish. This year, 2016, marks the 200th anniversary of the founding of the religious congregation to which I belong, The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
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Loyalty and patriotism revisited
May 02, 2016
In a recent article in America magazine, Grant Kaplan, commenting on the challenge of the resurrection, makes this comment: “Unlike previous communiti
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The things that money can never buy
May 02, 2016
Even back in gospel times, they tried to put a price on Jesus, or rather on Judas. Thirty pieces of silver, they thought, was what it would take to bu
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Love – a projection and a reality
Apr 22, 2016
The famed Jungian writer, Robert Johnson, makes this observation about falling in love: “To fall in love is to project the most noble and infinitely v
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Freeing God from captivity
Apr 22, 2016
It seems to me that not a few people would like to place God in a familiar place, so that we can look him up when we need him.
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Sunday Reflection
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: The banquet of life
People will forget what you said to them, but they will not forget what you did for them, how you made them feel. Be kind, be gentle, be compassionate, and show love.
