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‘My thoughts are not your thoughts’

Friday, 16 September 2011 00:00

Life’s not fair. That’s what most children are taught at an early age. They fight, and one gets punished more than the other. Or some delicious dessert is served, and one thinks the other got more. “It’s not fair,” they protest. “Life’s not fair,” adults often respond.

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Catechetical Sunday 2011: ‘Do This in Memory of Me’

Wednesday, 14 September 2011 09:00

This year, the Church throughout the United States celebrates Catechetical Sunday on September 18. The theme, “Do This in Memory of Me,” focuses on the Eucharist as the supreme catechetical and formational moment in the life of the community.

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Christ as cosmic

Tuesday, 06 September 2011 15:42

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, in one of his dialogues with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome, was once asked: "What are you trying to do?"

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Feeding off life's sacred fire

Friday, 02 September 2011 00:00

See the wise and wicked ones, who feed upon life's sacred fire. That's a lyric from a song by Gordon Lightfoot that tries to interpret the struggle going on in the heart of Miguel de Cervantes' mythical hero, Don Quixote. Goodness separates him from the world, even as he understands that wickedness has the same source.

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In search of a better life

Friday, 26 August 2011 00:00

I have a friend who likes to say that everyone has faith … in something. He means that everyone is putting their trust in something — or many things — to bring happiness in security. It may be money, a career, a relationship, beauty, popularity or God — or a combination of these things.

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Papal intentions for June: That a culture of dialogue, listening, and mutual respect may prevail among peoples; That where secularization is strongest, Christian communities may effectively promote a new evangelization.