Purification & Healing

November 7, 2012 By 1 Comment
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Here is a reflection for today: God has created us for himself and, in the words of Saint Augustine, our hearts are restless until they find their rest in him. Even in today’s secularized society, this desire for God continues to make itself felt, above all in the experience of love. In love, which seeks [...]

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A Flashback Quote of the Day

May 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment

I suspect this will be appreciated by readers and writers, via the Wedgewood Circle: But what is a good writer up to when he’s writing a book that will give the reader pleasure? First of all, he’s telling the truth. Bad books always lie. They lie most of all about the human condition, so that [...]

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Telling the Truth

April 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment

I thought this exchange from my interview with Philadelphia archbishop Charles Chaput was one we all ought to meditate on this Holy Week: LOPEZ: Why the Melville quote — “Truth is like a threshing-machine; tender sensibilities must keep out of the way”? CHAPUT: The public discourse of Catholics needs to be guided by charity and [...]

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