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What the US needs most right now, what we lack, is community

What the US needs most right now, what we lack,...

By this time, it is clear that I have been out of the country as part of the multiple preparations for Pope Francis' Synod of Bishops on synodality. What is...

What the US needs most right now, what we lack,...

By this time, it is clear that I have been out of the country as part of the multiple preparations for Pope Francis' Synod of Bishops on synodality. What is...

The cosmic God is a surety

“I have no doubt now that God is with us all and comes often to many in a burst of awareness. The difference is that the Presence becomes a guide,...

The cosmic God is a surety

“I have no doubt now that God is with us all and comes often to many in a burst of awareness. The difference is that the Presence becomes a guide,...

On the Feast of Saint Benedict

Written in the sixth century, the Rule of Benedict is the oldest document in the Western world on the structure and purpose of religious life and its search for God....

On the Feast of Saint Benedict

Written in the sixth century, the Rule of Benedict is the oldest document in the Western world on the structure and purpose of religious life and its search for God....

Thought for July 4th holiday

In every life there is a crossover moment, after which a person will never be the same again. 

Thought for July 4th holiday

In every life there is a crossover moment, after which a person will never be the same again. 

What it means to be human

To ask what it means to be human strikes at the fabric of the soul.

What it means to be human

To ask what it means to be human strikes at the fabric of the soul.

Both Gift and Grace

Many of the prayers we say have been passed down to us for generations. The psalms, for instance, mark the cry of the human spirit across time. 

Both Gift and Grace

Many of the prayers we say have been passed down to us for generations. The psalms, for instance, mark the cry of the human spirit across time.