A thinking heart: towards freedom

to become so rich inside ourselves Monica Furlong The most difficult and worthwhile feat of all is to become so rich inside ourselves that we become careless of other forms of wealth and status. This richness, and the stillness out of which it comes, really makes it possible to love others. Our children, our marriage […]

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A thinking heart: habits of the heart

a focus of absolute trust Elizabeth Johnson As a focus of absolute trust, one to whom you can give yourself without fear of betrayal, the holy mystery of God undergirds and implicitly gives direction to all of a believing person’s enterprises, principles, choices, systems of values, and relationships. Elizabeth Johnson Image: Fernando Peña Defilló, Autoretrato […]

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The thinking heart: real presence

Real presence makes a real difference Philip Carter It is sacrifice, not in the sense of a bribe to persuade a hostile deity to overlook our failings, but in the sense of something given up, handed over, so that a mutual relationship may be both affirmed and renewed. Being in the Church is being in […]

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