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The cave of the heart

The question is, then, what is the way to the beginning of peace?

The cave of the heart

The question is, then, what is the way to the beginning of peace?

The right words don’t matter

Contemplation is not the practice of saying prayers. It is the growing, overwhelming consciousness of God within and around us, before us and beyond us.

The right words don’t matter

Contemplation is not the practice of saying prayers. It is the growing, overwhelming consciousness of God within and around us, before us and beyond us.

The issues we’re afraid to share

Sin, brokenness, as the Church has always said, can be a “happy fault,” an invitation to a new beginning.

The issues we’re afraid to share

Sin, brokenness, as the Church has always said, can be a “happy fault,” an invitation to a new beginning.

The beauty of what the soul knows

Marian hymns, the four major seasonal anthems to Mary of Nazareth—Mother of Jesus, Mother of the Church—end the Divine Office at Vespers every day of the year.

The beauty of what the soul knows

Marian hymns, the four major seasonal anthems to Mary of Nazareth—Mother of Jesus, Mother of the Church—end the Divine Office at Vespers every day of the year.

Christmas is the commitment to life

It was not what I expected to have happen at a White House Conference in Washington, D.C. on the relationship of the faith community to race relations in the United...

Christmas is the commitment to life

It was not what I expected to have happen at a White House Conference in Washington, D.C. on the relationship of the faith community to race relations in the United...

A Christmas message from Joan Chittister

The very scandal of Christianity lies in the fact that it sees divinity in humanity. It’s a hard idea to swallow, after all.

A Christmas message from Joan Chittister

The very scandal of Christianity lies in the fact that it sees divinity in humanity. It’s a hard idea to swallow, after all.