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What God are you praying to?

December 15, 2016

PAT COYLE : : It took my anger to wake me up to the operative images of G-D I was working out of. Images demeaning of G-D, not worthy of...

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Challenge of the marathon

December 7, 2016

PATRICK MULDOON :: I find that the physical challenge of preparing for and competing in a marathon gives me strength and resilience for the challenges which I face in life.

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What happens after we die?

December 5, 2016

BILL TONER SJ :: After Vatican II hell was downplayed. The dominant message was that God wants all people to be saved. But saved from what, or for what?

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Release prisoners: Fantasy or opportunity?

December 2, 2016

EOIN CARROLL :: Pope Francis is saying to the world, 'let people out of prison'. Is this fantasy or opportunity?

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A radiance in dying?

November 18, 2016

PAT COYLE :: The mind may be ravaged by Alzheimer's and the body devoured by cancer, but there are some things which cannot be destroyed.

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A resounding Hallelujah

November 14, 2016

TOM CASEY :: Leonard Cohen’s song “Hallelujah” stands out from a lot of contemporary pop. It shows the singer's awareness of a key theme of the Bible: surrender.

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What happened at Lund?

November 11, 2016

BRIAN O'LEARY SJ :: The warmth and sense of community during Pope Francis's visit to Lund, Sweden, helped to put paid to the myth that the Jesuits were founded to...

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On being close to the dead

November 9, 2016

PAT COYLE :: In this month of November, as we remember our departed loved ones in a special way, their absence need not prevent us from seeing how close they...

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The quality of mercy

October 21, 2016

DERMOT ROANTREE :: Pope Francis's efforts to bring a neglected theme – in this case mercy – to bear on the life of the Church is fully in keeping with...

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The gift of darkness

October 9, 2016

DERMOT ROANTREE :: Leonard Cohen's new album, 'You want it darker', is a fitting conclusion to a life of art that probed the mystery of the divine and the human.

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