| I should have mentioned this back on Wednesday, but I’m on vacation with my family until Sunday. Regular content will resume on Monday.
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| From Thomas Merton:
The original, primitive meaning of spiritual direction suggests a particular need connected with a special ascetic task, a peculiar vocation for which a professional formation is... | |
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| A long quote from one of my patrons, the Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman (The Church of the Fathers):
This is a world of conflict, and vicissitude amid the conflict. The Church is ever... | |
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| I read an article today which talked about the Church. It was crap.
From what I could tell, the article was upset that the Church is only associated with trying to stop abortion and gay “marriage”... | |
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| I remember the day when I learned you cannot trust the textbooks they give you in school. It occurred to me the other day, kind of randomly.
I was in my eighth-grade American History class. I... | |
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| So, I have this one student. She’s from China. If you met her, you’d probably assign her to the category of stereotypical Asian girl: smart, quiet, giggly, etc. As a Chinese student, her English... | |
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| So, what’s next?
I’ve been wondering that myself these past few months.
Over the summer, I visited a few monasteries. The Trappists in Spencer, the Benedictines in Petersham, and the Benedictines at... | |
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| Karol Gajda over at the Ridiculously Extraordinary blog has released his first free eBook: “How to Travel Anywhere in the World, Live with Locals, and Enjoy Outstanding Experiences by... | |
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| Fr. Gordan MacRae talks about an experience he had at the seminary during the bad times. His story, very vaguely, reminded me of my own seminary experience.
(I almost feel foolish bringing this up,... | |
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| This is the second version of this post, because I deleted the first version. Why? Because I’m an idiot.
I came across this story by Br. Charles, a blogging Franciscan friar. Br. Charles... | |
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