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“The Thing I Fear Most is Fear”
Such were the words of Michel de Montaigne, the French writer of Essays. Like all humans, Montaigne struggled with fear. How did he wrestle with it, try to conquer it? Montaigne was a thinker, alone in a library, his library, … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Fear, Life, Montaigne, philosophy, writing
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God’s Shadow over American History
Jean-Pierre Caussade in Abandonment to Divine Providence writes truthfully that God is behind all historical events. If so, then it is God’s will that the United States is in 2025 exactly where He wills it to be. And further, that … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Christianity, God's Providence
Tagged bible, Christianity, Divine Providence, faith, god, history, Jesus
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Love and Compassion
Buddhists call it compassion, This love that we have within, A love that is in fashion, Intuits when we begin, A house with many mansions, A place without sin. A place where fly the fairies, Those beings swift as the … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, poetry
Tagged Christianity, Compassion, faith, god, Jesus, Love, poetry
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The Southern Hill Country Mentality
Reflections on the people of the American South after the Civil War into the 20th and 21st centuries as they confronted the perils of modernization. The Southern hill country personality type is a reticence towards others, even a reticence toward … Continue reading
Christianity and Memorial Day
What does Memorial Day have to do with Roman Catholics? Is it only a ceremony with meaning for patriotic Americans? Or can others throughout the world learn from the Roman Catholic approach to celebrating Memorial Day? To answer these questions, … Continue reading
Christianity and Independence Day
Independence Day in America is a secular holiday celebrating freedom with picnics, fireworks, parades, and the proud display of the American flag. For Christians, Independence Day means even more, for by the signing of the Declaration of Independence a series … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Christianity
Tagged bible, Christianity, faith, history, Independence, Jesus, Love
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Christianity and Labor Day: Why Work Matters
Americans first celebrated Labor Day in the 1880s during the height of the Industrial Revolution in America when immigrants were coming to America to fill the growing number of low-paying jobs in factories in American cities. The founders of Labor … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, God's Providence
Tagged bible, Christianity, faith, god, Jesus, Love, Work
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Bartholomew de Las Casas: Missionary Advocate for the Indigenous People of New Spain
When in 2016 Pope Francis visited Chiapas, Mexico, to demand rights for the indigenous people of Mexico, he was on familiar ground for champions of indigenous rights. Four hundred and eighty-one years earlier, in 1544, one of the great champions … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity
Tagged bible, Biography, Christianity, Great Commission, history, Jesus, Love, mexico, spain
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The Theology of Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory in Joseph Razinger’s (Pope Benedict XVI’s) book Eschatology
What happens when we die? Roman Catholics have death ever on the mind. It is part of Christian theology, to follow the commandments and sacraments so to be prepared when death comes. But then, why do we still fear death? … Continue reading
Posted in books, Christianity, God's Providence
Tagged bible, books, Christianity, faith, god, Jesus, Love, Pope
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Thomas Merton and the Great Commission
Thomas Merton spent his life contemplating his purpose in the world, trying to discern how his desires and ambitions fit God’s plan. Born in France in 1915, Merton was well-traveled, a convert to Catholicism, and by his own admission was … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, Christianity, faith, god, Great Commission, Jesus, Love
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The American Plutarch 