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The patron saint of listeners
If there were ever going to be a patron saint of listeners, surely it should be Mary's cousin Elizabeth, the wisdom figure to whom she went when she realized that...
The patron saint of listeners
If there were ever going to be a patron saint of listeners, surely it should be Mary's cousin Elizabeth, the wisdom figure to whom she went when she realized that...
Blessed are the meek — saving the tradition
I discovered over the years that one of the major soul-searing questions to be dealt with in spiritual development is the friction between tradition and traditionalism. I spent years trying...
Blessed are the meek — saving the tradition
I discovered over the years that one of the major soul-searing questions to be dealt with in spiritual development is the friction between tradition and traditionalism. I spent years trying...
The Door Between Control and Freedom
Life, we come to believe, is a straitjacket. As the years go by, we learn to think thoughts someone else produced. We do the things someone else tells us are...
The Door Between Control and Freedom
Life, we come to believe, is a straitjacket. As the years go by, we learn to think thoughts someone else produced. We do the things someone else tells us are...
The light within us
The question is: In what ways do candles contribute to the development of the spiritual life? How can I myself help that happen?
The light within us
The question is: In what ways do candles contribute to the development of the spiritual life? How can I myself help that happen?
Bells call us to remember
Every afternoon, as I sit in my upstairs office, I hear the old monastery bells begin to ring in the once Benedictine church that then adjoined this inner-city monastery.
Bells call us to remember
Every afternoon, as I sit in my upstairs office, I hear the old monastery bells begin to ring in the once Benedictine church that then adjoined this inner-city monastery.
12th Century Feminist
Why did it take the Church over 800 years to recognize the sanctity of Hildegard of Bingen? What facets of her life gave previous generations pause, and why did the...
12th Century Feminist
Why did it take the Church over 800 years to recognize the sanctity of Hildegard of Bingen? What facets of her life gave previous generations pause, and why did the...