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The Jesus Road
In the early 1830s, physician, scientist, and neophyte missionary Jean Louis Berlandier watched as his friend, an unnamed Kickapoo Indian, lay dying. The Kickapoo gave off a fierce appearance in his dress, paint, and bearing; he was a skilled hunter; … Continue reading
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Montaigne and Christianity
Michel de Montaigne, the sixteenth-century French aristocrat, was neither saint, priest, nor monk, rather a worldly man who lived in a secular time of conflict between Protestants and Catholics. Montaigne was a landowner, a government official, and soldier. He was … Continue reading
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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
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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
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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 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
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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
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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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The Poetry of Providence: King David and the Psalms
Divine Providence in the life and thought of King David as revealed in the Psalms: the Psalms as the poetry of Providence, in that, throughout the Psalms, God the Logos interacts with time through the person of King David, to … Continue reading
Four Seconds of Providence
Providence, the will and presence of God in each moment, is never felt by some people, is felt in moments of joy or consternation by others, is sensed in the minutiae of nature by some, is a product of intense … Continue reading
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The American Plutarch 