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One of the most deleterious effects of our present culture has been our failure to engage in regular contemplation of what is real, that is to wonder at things. The end of wondering is not to gain complete knowledge, though this is the not-so-implicit goal inquiry in our post-modern world. We contemplate the mystery of God, but we cannot fully understand Him since He is God and we are His creatures. If we claim a full comprehension of who God is, what we comprehend is not God at all, or as St. Augustine wrote in Sermon 117, 鈥�Si comprehendis, non est Deus,鈥� if you understand, it isn鈥檛 God. To contemplate does not aim at full comprehension. It desires to participate in what is a mystery to us, something hidden or not yet fully revealed.
All are human
With regard to your Jan. 21, 2024 editorial 鈥淥n the side of real justice,鈥� I am a United Church minister and I do not disagree totally with your stance.
Editorial: Francis鈥� muddy waters
On the inevitable day when Heaven calls and historians gather to assess Pope Francis鈥� pontificate the metaphor of a roller coaster will surely be invoked by some.
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Pope Francis鈥� address to a delegation from 鈥淟a Diaconie de la Beaut茅鈥� at the beginning of Lent.
Church leads in combatting abuse
Recent sexual abuse civil suits against leaders in the Canadian Catholic Church, including Cardinal Marc Ouellet and Quebec City Cardinal G茅rald Lacroix, can leave the faithful struggling to find signs of hope. They won鈥檛 get any help by relying on typical media stories, says Gatineau Archbishop Paul-Andr茅 Durocher.
There鱿鱼视频app no painting over Jesus鈥� word
So it is with every artisan and master artisan 鈥�
they set their heart on painting a lifelike image,
and they lose sleep in order to finish their work
Sirach: 38: 27
As a writer I have always had an interest in the complexity of language: the way words could be constructed to say one thing when an entirely different message was intended. This perhaps is most obvious in coded messages 鈥� words spoken into dangerous situations that must be disguised to protect the speaker.
Healing a matter of taking the steps
There is a saying that the law of relationships that are unhealthy is, 鈥淒on鈥檛 trust, Don鈥檛 talk, and Don鈥檛 feel.鈥� The ministry of the Church on the street, and all ministry in fact, is to reach out with the law of healing relationships, 鈥淪how up, Listen, Don鈥檛 judge, and Don鈥檛 fix.鈥�
Emmaus a path to housing the homeless
In 1949, Abb茅 Pierre, a young French priest, welcomed Georges Legay, a homeless man who had tried to commit suicide, into his rundown home in Paris. Instead of giving Legay housing, work and money, Abb茅 Pierre said, 鈥淵ou are totally miserable, and I have nothing to give you. So why not help me help others?鈥�
- By Glen Argan
The downside of the mountain top
By now, my corduroy Levis were covered with snow from wiping out, and the snow was turning to ice against my skin. My brother looked truly sorry for my misery.
Stop MAiD expansion, then abolish MAiD
On Jan. 29, federal Minister of Health Mark Holland introduced legislation seeking a three-year delay in the extension of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) to those suffering from mental illness.
Right and wrong
Deacon Andrew Bennett was certainly right in his Feb. 11 column to correct my error in generalizing the 鈥渁pproval鈥� understanding of blessings as being 鈥渃orrupted and secularized.鈥� I was unaware of the Eastern understanding of blessings. An online commenter graciously corrected me after my article was published.