March 2025
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Done in God
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What happens is that we have a notion, or a thought, or a hankering: career, marriage, monastery, priesthood. It floats…
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Why We Fast for Lent
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While we’re fasting for Lent, I might be good to be clear that we are not trying to make ourselves holy.…
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Ashes to Ashes, for a While
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Ash Wednesday puts a cross on our foreheads. This morning, the whole Jesuit retirement community was at Mass, and a lot…
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To Pray Better
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Every now and again, someone asks me how “to pray better.” I know the feeling, because dark spirits are always lurking…
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LAISSEZ LES BONS TEMPS ROULER
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Tomorrow, March 4, is Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Let the good times roll! That’s Mardi Gras in New Oleans, an…
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Synodality’s Jesuit Roots
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Synodality is the name this pope has given the process he hopes (and has made some rules about it) will shape…