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The wonderful ordinary
September 5, 2017
GAVIN T. MURPHY :: Our holidays can be a great opportunity to turn away from fantasy and to turn towards the wonderful ordinary. Here a personal journey is shared.
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Heat of desire
July 29, 2017
GAVIN T. MURPHY :: Getting close to the heat of what you really want requires a long-lasting look at reality and some hard questioning, but the “joys that endure” are...
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Becoming saints
July 19, 2017
GAVIN T. MURPHY :: Without spiritual discipline, we complain, do nothing, and turn into jelly. With it, we channel our energy like saints in the direction of beauty, light, and...
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Passing on our values
July 12, 2017
GAVIN T. MURPHY :: Jesuit educators try to instill quality values among their students, and it is hoped that they will become deep-rooted and passed on to others.
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Calling from the grave
July 7, 2017
GAVIN T. MURPHY :: The path of fragility turns pain into gentleness and it is a transformational force that is needed in our society.
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Insights along the Camino
July 5, 2017
DECLAN O'KEEFFE :: Valuing people, appreciating the gift of time, and accepting a never-ending pilgrimage are just a few insights learned along the Camino de Santiago.
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Grenfell and the Good Samaritan
June 27, 2017
KEVIN HARGADEN :: At the core of the tragedy of Grenfell Tower lies the chronic failure of a market-driven society to acknowledge the Gospel's radical call to hospitality and care.
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Bad Language
May 29, 2017
BILL TONER :: Yuval Noah Hararai, denies the existence of everything that is not a brute material object. He says everything else is myth. This is an appalling impoverishment of...
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Ignatian wisdom for loving life
May 24, 2017
Gavin T. Murphy :: Ignatian wisdom has been a key element in my journey towards loving mental illness and loving life. I present a few gems that may work for...
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