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The apostle Paul writes to the Romans, “Bless your persecutors; never curse them, bless them… Never pay back evil with evil… Never try to get revenge… If your enemy is hungry, give him something to eat; if thirsty, something to drink… Do not be... Read More →

Lent is the liberation of our enslavement to sin, from the prison of “this world.” The Gospel lesson (Matthew 6:14-21) sets the conditions for that liberation. The first one is fasting — the refusal to accept the desires and urges of our fallen nature as normal, the effort... Read More →

O Son of God, do a miracle for me and change my heart. Your having taken flesh to redeem me was more difficult than to transform my wickedness. An Irish 15th century prayer Photo by Geetanjal Khanna on Unsplash Read More →

God must be allowed to speak unpredictably. The Holy Spirit, the very voice of Divine Liberty, must always be like the wind in “blowing where he pleases” (John 3:8). In the mystery of the Old Testament there was already a tension between the Law and the Prophets. In the New... Read More →

It is sad to say, but the familiar phrase “the unconditional love of God” has become cliche, a true but trite expression devoid of any real meaning. Words, like anything else used too often, soon depreciate in value, lose their edge, and cease to bite into our lives.... Read More →