. . . Dietrich Bonhoeffer in his Cost of Discipleship explained: “The disciples, then, must not only think of heaven; they have an earthly task as well. . . .
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Monday night, September 17, a delegation of six Muslim Kurdish people from Rania, a city in the northern area of Iraq, had dinner with the Sisters . . .
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Back to topSometimes comments made by Christians give the impression that one of the joys they look forward to in heaven is seeing enemies receive their “just due.” Always, the implication is, of course, that the punishments meted out will compensate for the injustices done against themselves, not the other way around. One picks up, in [...]
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Back to topWhen I first visited St. Scholastica Monastery in 2008 to discern a vocation as a Benedictine sister with this Community, I remember being quite taken by how beautiful and peaceful it was. Nothing symbolized this more than the Peace Doors.
Three years later that message of peace has been changed dramatically . . .
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Back to topI’ve been reflecting on Mary as a model for the New Year and a model for peace. Mary is the Mother of God, the mother of the Messiah, the Prince of Peace who came among us to establish the Kingdom of Peace where persons, nations, and all creation are to live in accord. Peace is a state of . . .
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Back to topToday there seems to be dwindling interest in those aspects of life which once could stir us into a state of at least temporary enthusiasm: new discoveries, new goals, New Year resolutions. Recently, after being with families and friends not living my lifestyle, I became aware, more acutely, that this observation is not peculiar to myself. . . .
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Back to topAdvent is a time of waiting – waiting which compels us to contemplate the mysteries of time and of eternity.
In the Old Testament readings for the first Sunday of Advent, the prophet and the psalmist implore God’s help – they beg God to come down and restore all that has gone astray in the world and in our hearts. The psalmist wants . . .
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Back to topThe Pax Christi Minnesota State Assembly 2011 met at Pax Christi Catholic Church in Rochester, Minnesota, September 17, 2011. . . . The theme was “Breaking the Culture of Silence; Choosing a Nonviolent Path,” and the keynote speaker was Coleen Rowley. . . .
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Back to topA recent offhand remark prodded me into considering the possibility that our age is duplicating, in some cases down to the last detail, all the . . .
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Back to topNo matter how long we have been in religious life—or have been striving to live out our baptismal calling in whatever setting—there is always something new to learn about the mysterious God who is ever . . .
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Back to topWe Americans cherish our freedom, but freedom without discipline is a mere chimera. The term “liberation,” when it refers to eliminating social evils so that others can live in freedom and security, is a noble aspiration. However . . .
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