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Renouncing the Lies

I was recently having a conversation with a friend about something in his life that he needed to discern. What became clear as we talked was that there were many fears and memories that were choking his ability to discover...

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Sex, Marriage, and Divinization

One of the burning questions in contemporary Catholicism is what constitutes a good spirituality for families. Often, good Catholics find it difficult to connect with the “spiritual greats” of the Catholic spiritual tradition because many of the classics were written...

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“Wives Should Be Subordinate to their Husbands”

I was recently in a conversation with some brother seminarians who come from different cultures. They talked about many of the cultural norms that involve recognizing the father as the head of the household, and even how priests play a...

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What Does “Empty Your Mind” Mean?

An important term used in scholarly research on Buddhist and Hindu spirituality is “enstasy.” The idea is relatively simple. Through a variety of meditation techniques, there is a consistent witnesss among practitioners of an experience in which the individual experiences...

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Speak Lord, your servant is listening

Speak Lord, your servant is listening, What do you feel called to say? Lord, your servant longs to speak immortal beauty, that bright shining glory, that timeless attraction to speak fire, nurtured and tended to break down divisions, that must...

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Is Yoga and Transcendental Meditation Demonic?

Every time I teach children about lectio divina, I enjoy asking the same question. I ask them, “What do you think of when you hear the word ‘meditation’?” Inevitably, one or more kids cross their legs, put their hands in...

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Let Go of the Banana

If you do a google search on how to catch a monkey with a banana, you will soon discover a whole host of sites that explain it as follows. First, you put a banana in a cage that has just...

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Sacrifice and the Question of Happiness

I was recently engaged in a series of Facebook messages that involved the language of sacrifice and justice. Without getting into the details, the conversation proved a source of inspiration because it became obvious that many contemporary Americans dislike this...

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We Must Be Always Ready To Act

I love Kung Fu movies. One image that stands out from almost every movie that features martial arts is the idea of being alert and ready to act on a moments notice. Often the movies show the master sitting peacefully...