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I recently listened to a very simple and yet profound book on my car ride to the Maronite Monks. The book was called Practicing the …

        Today, we tend to think of theology as one academic subject among many, and in a sense this viewpoint has its merits. Due to …

I have been reflecting lately on what it means to be free from sin, and I have felt my attention drawn time and time again …

In this past Sunday’s Gospel, we hear God the Father proclaim, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.” What the Father …

Friendship is a new creation, ever young,                  a heart that moves and is moved, that starts at the beginning of things, sings a newness, …

The role of the emotions in the spiritual life is often misunderstood. There are two extremes that people fall into when considering the emotions. The …

In the Office of Reading for today’s celebration, Pope Paul VI talks about the silence of the Holy Family. This seems like such a strange …

In our contemporary culture, people often view sins and faults as primarily individualistic with little or no bearing on others. Society tends to view sin …

            One of the most hidden desires of the human heart is a desire for an inner stillness, a deep peace in which mind and …

there is an oak tree yes all red in the shade             yellow too in its tresses,           crisp and vibrant             though the air …