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Happiness “comes on little cat feet”

The problem is that we don’t like “slowly” anymore. In anything. We want instant wealth and instant success. As a result, we have not a clue about the layers of...

Happiness “comes on little cat feet”

The problem is that we don’t like “slowly” anymore. In anything. We want instant wealth and instant success. As a result, we have not a clue about the layers of...

Do Not Give Up

But if endurance is such a universal part of life, what is the human question that drives it?

Do Not Give Up

But if endurance is such a universal part of life, what is the human question that drives it?

The Absence of Divine Presence

Was it love or was it jealousy? Would he hurt the baby if he were left alone with him?

The Absence of Divine Presence

Was it love or was it jealousy? Would he hurt the baby if he were left alone with him?

My theology of God

God is the mystery nobody wants. What people want from God is not mystery but certainty, the very element in ourselves that binds itself so often to making sure that...

My theology of God

God is the mystery nobody wants. What people want from God is not mystery but certainty, the very element in ourselves that binds itself so often to making sure that...

Thoughts on Mary

Gerard Manley Hopkins, the great Jesuit poet, said in his poem, “The May Magnificat,” that the reason May is Mary’s month is that it is the season of growth.

Thoughts on Mary

Gerard Manley Hopkins, the great Jesuit poet, said in his poem, “The May Magnificat,” that the reason May is Mary’s month is that it is the season of growth.

Stages in the spiritual life

The spiritual life is not a template; it is a process meant to change our lives. There are stages in the spiritual life that move us from one level to...

Stages in the spiritual life

The spiritual life is not a template; it is a process meant to change our lives. There are stages in the spiritual life that move us from one level to...