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Immersed in Feeling – Brutally Honest And Sad Beyond Measure May 21, 2018 Sadness of soul follows from the heaviness of self-regard, a sadness and weight which precludes real union with the other. Joy, on the other hand… ~ Robert Barron O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry…
Winding Down without Giving Up May 7, 2018 A bridge can still be built, while the bitter waters are flowing beneath. ~Anthony Liccione I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead,…
Capacity for Messy Compassion Apr 26, 2018 It is compassion that removes the heavy bar, opens the door to freedom, makes the narrow heart as wide as the world. Compassion takes away from the heart the inert weight, the paralyzing heaviness; it gives…
Stabbed in The Chest: Dying with Love in Betrayal Mar 20, 2018 In explaining the growth of his faith, psychiatrist Gerald May writes, “I know that God is loving and that God’s loving is trustworthy. I know this directly, through the experience of my life. There have been…
Newly-Cracked Pots Spilling Ancient Oil And Wine Nov 21, 2017 I have always been filled with the fires of the love of a God not old, and now to this has been joined the passion of the love of a young man. That love, dear earth,…
Requiem for A Reputation May 21, 2017 If we are wise, we will do what Jesus said: endure the cross and despise its shame for the joy that is set before us. To do this is to submit the whole pattern of our…
Responding to The Hand We Were Dealt Jan 26, 2017 Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will. ~Jawaharlal Nehru Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the…
Pressed Beyond Measure Aug 15, 2016 The paths of wisdom are not like walks in the garden, which we make use of for diversion only, and an amusement; but like tracks in a great road, which we press forward in with care…
Knockdown Sorrow And Grief Aug 7, 2016 What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to…