hope
This makes me think… “I would rather die loving you, than live without you.” – St John Vianney
“Hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” -Romans 5:5 Prayer… draws everything into the love by which we are loved in Christ and which enables us to respond to him by loving as he has loved us. Love…
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St Augustine and me, 18 years cancer-free.
My buddy Augustine. St Augustine and I became buddies 18 years ago. I was vaguely aware of him growing up, save the oft-quoted lines from his Confessions. Maybe you know a few of them? This is perhaps his most famous, the first non-scripture saint quote found in the Catechism. (See CCC, 30.) You are great,…
Read MoreThis makes me think… about the genius of Benedict, and the clarity of his teaching…and the meaning of life
Benedict XVI is a biblical scholar and an expert in Augustine’s writing and teaching. This section of his encyclical, Spe Salvi, is simple and profound, much like Augustine himself would teach. ::: 27. [I]t is true that anyone who does not know God, even though he may entertain all kinds of hopes, is ultimately without…
Read MoreThis makes me think… about finding hope in the desert of pessimism…
Recent decades have seen the advance of a spiritual “desertification”. In the [Second Vatican] Council’s time it was already possible from a few tragic pages of history to know what a life or a world without God looked like, but now we see it every day around us. This void has spread. But it is…
Read MoreAmong Women Podcast 149: Special Edition for Breast Cancer Survivors – H.O.P.E is our Super Power
The new Special Edition of the Among Women podcast is a a departure from our usual format. This week, I’m sharing a talk I gave earlier this month. I was the guest speaker at a breast cancer support group known as the Visions of Hope, in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. Visions…
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Here it’s coffee and conversation, and where the faith-sharing is often a friendly mix of catechesis and cannoli. It’s a place where we can catch up…
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