02917 – The Greatest Evil

The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid "dens of crime" that Dickens loved to paint. It is not done even in concentration camps and labour camps. In those we see its final result. But it is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in...

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02911 – Faces of the Least of These

God is not a being separate from the human. If you do not and cannot see God in the face of the hungry, the thirsty, the homeless, the sick, and the imprisoned, then you cannot see God at all. God is not an external being; God is present in the faces of the least of...

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02908 –

The hallmark of an open mind is not letting your ideas become your identity. If you define yourself by your opinions, questioning them is a threat to your integrity. If you see yourself as a curious person or a lifelong learner, changing your mind is a moment of...

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02857 – “Refuge in Grief”

Here's what I most want you to know: this really is as bad as you think.⁣⁣ No matter what anyone else says, this sucks. What has happened cannot be made right. What is lost cannot be restored. There is no beauty here, inside this central fact.⁣⁣ Acknowledgement is...

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02835 – Beauty is about Honesty

Beauty has ample room to embrace not only what is attractive but also things that are disturbing and difficult for us to confront. Beauty has this capacity because it is inseparable from truth and goodness. Indeed, beauty is the persuasive power of God’s truth and...

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02814 – Giving Thanks Today…

Giving thanks today for the compassionate people; the lovers, helpers, givers, and healers, who see more than just themselves, who move through the world with open hands and not closed fists. Thank you. Keep going. It matters.

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02774 – No Witnesses at the Resurrection

The resurrection took place apart from any eyewitness to it. This is how God works. God is the Mystery of the world, and if we are to have faith at all it will always be after the fact of God's invisible working. We get to see only after we don't see.

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