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Love the earth and the sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your ...

How does the Spirit of God manifest itself through us? Often we think that to witness means to speak up in defense of God. This idea can mak...

Living a spiritual life is living a life in which our spirits and the Spirit of God bear a joint witness that we belong to God as God's ...

How do we know that we are infinitely loved by God when our immediate surroundings keep telling us that we'd better prove our right to e...

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten m...

Men, it is past time that our families knew their place in our lives. It is time to take action, even extreme action if necessary. Our famil...

When our lives are focused on God, awe and wonder lead us to worship God, filling our inner being with a fullness we would never have though...

Often we speak about love as if it is a feeling. But if we wait for a feeling of love before loving, we may never learn to love well. The fe...

"It's morphing time."... This little word "morph" has a long history. It actually comes from one of the richest Gree...

Jesus, the Blessed One, is poor. The poverty of Jesus is much more than an economic or social poverty. Jesus is poor because he freely chose...

The humble, meek, merciful, and just are everywhere of one religion; and when death has taken off the mask they will know one another, thoug...

I am a father, and my life has been richly blessed by my three sons, David (24), Kevin (22) and Patrick (19). Recently Patrick cut a "F...

How can we choose love when we have experienced so little of it? We choose love by taking small steps of love every time there is an opportu...

How can someone ever trust in the existence of an unconditional divine love when most, if not all, of what he or she has experienced is the ...

Look not too long in the face of the fire, O man! Never dream with thy hand on the helm! Turn not thy back to the compass; accept the first ...

The work of the Lord is done not primarily by human effort or ingenuity - although God uses these - but by the power of His Spirit. Those wh...

Sometimes a thunderbolt will shoot from a clear sky; and sometimes, into the midst of a peaceful family – without warning of gathered storm ...

Without the love of our parents, sisters, brothers, spouses, lovers, and friends, we cannot live. Without love we die. Still, for many peopl...

The Spirit reveals to us not only that God is "Abba, Father" but also that we belong to God as his beloved children. The Spirit th...

Calling God "Abba, Father" is different from giving God a familiar name. Calling God "Abba" is entering into the same in...