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The Theology of Lullabies
When I was a child, I thought I was the luckiest kid in the world because I got four lullabies sung to me every night – one each from my […]
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An Unsinkable Faith
It was a Monday afternoon in November of 1975 when Debbie Champeau got the call. The 17-year-old, a senior at St. Pius XI in Milwaukee, left school immediately, taking two […]
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To Embrace God Himself
As we approach the end of the liturgical year, something that is worth pondering anew is the role of the word of God in our lives. Often, we can come […]
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Shut Up and Listen
The pub we were sitting in one evening was quiet enough to hear other people talking, and I heard my young friend at the other end of the long table […]
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Silence in a Noisy World
We live in a noisy world. I’m not just talking about rush hour traffic or the planes that make an approach to the Philadelphia airport far above my head at […]
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Beauty as Truth?
Why do we suffer? How does God allow it? Where is God when we hurt? These are typical questions of theodicy: the attempt to account for God’s goodness in the […]
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Hatred and Learning from History
Why do we want to learn about the dark times, the ugly times, in our country? It is a relevant question today, as museum displays and park exhibits are being […]
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Call Upon Me
The other day, my phone rang. When I picked up, the friend on the other end opened with an apology. Instead of “Hello” or “How are you?” or “Is this […]
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Communion: A Life-Saving Balm for Mental Illness
By Cecelia Cicone The first time I was in an in-patient locked psychiatric unit, I was overwhelmed by the amount of suffering I saw in the people there. While conversations […]
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Ethical Issues Involved with ‘Pregnancy Robots’
Reports emerged in August that the world’s first “pregnancy robot” was being developed in China. The concept prototype involved a humanoid form equipped with an artificial womb in its abdomen […]
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Christ Walks with Us Through Obstacles – if We Let Him
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time This weekend’s first reading is from the Book of Habakkuk, by comparison among the prophets a short work, including only three chapters. In some cases, […]
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Where Is God?
Bad things happen. And when they do – especially when they happen to good people – one question seems to lurk beneath all the others: Where is God? There have […]