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Christians of the Future

Although Father Karl Rahner was a world-class scholar, so much of his purpose as a theologian was to inspire an embrace of the mystical: to know God transcends knowing about God.

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The Eternal Now

We must remember that God’s peace and strength for our journey are always in, and only in, the Eternal Now of your present life.

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The Unfolding of Peace

Often, I am haunted and healed by the words of the Spanish mystic Unamuno: “May God deny you peace but give you glory.” Unamuno’s tragic

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Life vs. Death

In our thoughts and actions, we pit life against death when, through the lens of faith, we have an alternative capacity to see beyond this conflict.

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‘You Can’t Pray a Lie’

Over a century ago, Mark Twain created the character Huckleberry Finn, a poor orphan who had been blessed (or cursed) with an innate sense of right and wrong, which was often in conflict with the accepted norms of his day.

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Solitude Is Not Separation

The Trappist monk Thomas Merton practiced and wrote about the contemplative life of interior solitude, which, he believed, was not cultivated by isolating ourselves from the world.

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