July 2017

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Wisdom for Peace and Unity

Here is a link to this week's readings. Continuing with our theme of joining Jesus in His prayer for unity and promoting unity through our words and actions, today we come to the gift of wisdom. St. Benedict provided us with...

A Key Strategy for Promoting Unity

Here is a link to today's readings. [caption id="attachment_18721" align="alignright" width="300"] The statue of St. Benedict of Nursia (Norcia, Italy)[/caption] The very first word in the ancient Rule of St. Benedict is “Listen.” “Incline the ear of your heart (Proverbs 4:20)” he...

That They All May Be One

Here is a link to this week's readings. In last week’s blog, I shared Robert Fulghum’s hide-n-seek story and attempted to give one possible explanation for the hiddenness of God. Fulghum, though, does not end with hide-n-seek. He writes, “Better than hide-and-seek,...

Why Does God Remain Hidden?

Here is a link to this week's readings. Do you remember the great book by Robert Fulghum that was popular twenty-five years ago called All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten? There was a story in that collection about...

Let Freedom Ring!

Here is a link to today's readings. We have powerful words about the sacrament of baptism from St. Paul this week. “Brothers and sisters,” he said, “Are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his...