Showing posts with label holiness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holiness. Show all posts
Saturday, August 8, 2015

Remembering a Friend on His Birthday: Holiness in Ordinary

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I didn't actually say I wouldn't post this weekend, did I? :) What prompts me to do so today is that today's the birt...
Sunday, July 28, 2013

A Vacation Report: We Go to the Courthouse to Research, We See Couples Entering Holy Institution of Marriage

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Another morning when I have less time than I'd like to blog, since we'll pack and drive in a few minutes across the state fro...
Saturday, July 13, 2013

Mary Doria Russell on Holiness: "Bombs Do Not Drop from God's Hand"

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Another reflection from my reading over the years, on the theme of what constitutes holiness--this is Mary Doria Russell in her book ...
Friday, July 12, 2013

United Nations Declares July 12 "Malala Day": A Reflection on Saints for Our Times

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A few days ago, a reader, bosicO, suggested here that reform-minded groups within the Catholic church should put forth their own candi...

Rumi on Holiness: "A Saint Is a Cloud That's Here, But with Its Cloud Nature Erased"

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Another in the series of postings I've been making lately about the definition of the holy life or the making of a saintly li...
Thursday, July 11, 2013

May Sarton on Holiness: Detachment as Inability to Love, Holiness as Loving Engagement with Others and the Created World

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Another excerpt from things I've read over the years dealing with the question of how to define holiness--this from May Sarton,  ...
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Alan Jones on Holiness in Our Time: "Finding a Story That Sees the Planet as a Holy Place and Includes Everybody"

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As a complement to the (admittedly dreary) postings about the canonization of John Paul II with which I'm peppering you these d...