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Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Our inadequate self-expression
art, too, has its martyrs and perhaps our greatest pain is that of inadequate self-expression. that’s an insight from iris murdoch and it ho...
The end of the world
people are forever predicting the end of the world. in christian circles this is generally connected with speculation around the promise jes...
The pitfalls of being a warrior prophet
a prophet makes a vow of love, not of alienation. daniel berrigan wrote those words – and they need to be highlighted today, when a lot of s...
Why dark nights of the soul?
atheism is a parasite that feeds on bad religion. that’s why, in the end, atheistic critics are our friends. they hold our feet to the fire....
The real presence of Christ
when i was a graduate student in belgium, i was privileged one day to sit in on a conference given by cardinal godfried danneels of brussels...
On our resistance to love
there’s nothing simple about being a human being. we’re a mystery to ourselves and are often our own worst enemies. our inner complexity bef...
Boredom: a fault within ourselves
in 2011, a book by a young writer, bieke vandekerckhove, won an award for spiritual book of the year in her native belgium. entitled the tas...
Don’t confuse Jesus with Hamlet
thirty-four years ago when i launched this column, i would never have said this: restlessness is not something to be cultivated, no matter h...
Prayer that refuses pious thoughts
contemplative prayer, as it is classically defined and popularly practised, is subject today to considerable scepticism in a number of circl...
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