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Fr Ronald Rolheiser
A right way of dying
‘i do not want to die from some medical condition; i want to die from death.” ivan illich wrote that. what’s meant here? don’t we all die fr...
Faith and levity
shusaku endo, the japanese author of the classic novel silence (upon which martin scorsese based his movie) was a catholic who didn’t always...
Suicide and the soul
more than 50 years ago, the american psychologist james hillman wrote a book entitled suicide and the soul . it was intended for therapists ...
The search for an ‘indubitable’
in a book, 12 rules for life – an antidote to chaos , that is justifiably making waves in many circles today, jordan peterson shares his jou...
What’s in a name?
we’re called to a name change. we’re all familiar with the incident in the bible where god changes the name of abram to abraham. the change ...
On chastity and love...
“woe to chastity that is not practised out of love, but woe to love that excludes chastity.” these are the words of benoît standaert, a bene...
How to respond
sometimes all you can do is to put your mouth to the dust and wait.” that’s a counsel from the book of lamentations, and while perhaps not t...
Standing on new borders
a particularly powerful gospel story recounts jesus meeting with a syro-phoenician woman. central to that story is where their encounter tak...
The power of a compliment
thomas aquinas once suggested that it’s a sin not to give a compliment to someone when it’s deserved, because by withholding our praise we’r...
To the friends I’ve known
reading commonweal magazine recently, i was struck by this line by jerry ryan, a little brother of jesus: “i have lost contact with so many ...
Consecrated celibacy: an apologia
huston smith, a renowned commentator on world religions, submits that you should not judge a religion by its worst expressions, but by its b...
Understanding grace more deeply
the mark of genuine contrition is not a sense of guilt, but a sense of sorrow, of regret for having taken a wrong turn; just as the mark of ...
Inchoate desire
sometimes while praying the psalms, i’m caught looking quite uncomfortably into a mirror reflecting back to me my own seeming dishonesty. fo...
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