Writings for the Journey
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What’s Holding Us Back?
What is holding us back from being our true selves? Could it be the pressures that we feelfrom the culture that is so much a part of our lives? In the American mystique we have thenotion of the “self-made man or woman” when in reality no one is an island unto...
Who Are You?
We look at the life of Queen Elizabeth. We admire her seventy years of service. We can askas we live from year to year, what will be our legacy? Will it be our actions, the positions wehave held, the people we have known? The list could go on. Or rather, will it...
Let’s Pretend
Where does the imagination fit into the spiritual life? Ignatius of Loyola in his spiritualexercises uses the imagination to reenact events in the story of Jesus such as his birth andasks you to imagine yourself being present in that event. For example, you are a...
Projections
When I understood the theory of projections, it was like a new light shown on the shadow side of life. The things or persons that I had antipathy for were the very things or character traits that I had not recognized myself. Examples would be: not wanting...
This Moment
We hear from many quarters the advice to relish the present moment. That it is in thismoment that God is present, that in living in the present we will find the key to meaning.With the passage of time, it also is very easy to have settled in to certain habits, which...
We Got It
Many times, we think “if only I could be more… or do more…”, I would be able to claim myChristianity. But if we really believe what happens at our Baptism, that we becomechildren of God and that God dwells within us, then it is not about being more or doingmore as...
Saving Faith
Jesus cured many people in his three years of ministry. Many times, he linked these cureswith the faith he found in the people he cured. Remember the faith he found in thecenturion who said, “Only say the word and my servant will be healed.” What is thereabout the...
Afraid of Holiness?
Somehow we continue to get the impression that pursuing holiness means giving up someof our freedoms and living a rather “boring” life when it is just the opposite. It is throughour relationship with Christ, who loves unconditionally that we are truly set free....
A New World
We live in an age of cynicism. It can be easy to fall into hopelessness. Our problems canseem overwhelming.Jesus came to give us a new perspective for a new world order. Even in the midst of anoccupation by a foreign power, he was called to proclaim in his teaching...
Faithfulness
When we read the Hebrew Scriptures, we can be somewhat shocked at theviolence described, but let’s face it, violence is part of our world as well. But whatdoes come across in our reading is that God is ever faithful. God always wants tolive up to God’s part of the...
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Legacy
As we travel on our spiritual road, we do not travel alone. There are those who have gone before us. What they provide is a sustaining legacy that does not die with them. They have passed on to us not only what they have said but who they were. This legacy comes to us...
The Generosity of Christ
Where do we find Christ? He can come to us in many ways. He is present in the sacraments, through nature, through the normal experiences of our lives. But let us consider that Christ also comes to us in mystical experiences. This is the opportunity to be open through...
