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Editor’s Note: TOB is the abbreviation for St. John Paul II’s book “Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body” Pauline Press...

‘The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy…’ (Jn. 10:10) Integration is wholeness, and God who created and redeems us, its...

St. Paul counters the slavish sexual immorality tempting Christians by urging them ‘to possess their bodies in holiness and reverence’ (1...

Integration (an ‘integer’ is a whole number but can broaden to include something whole in itself) grants us a map for wholeness. It is a...

Editor’s Note: TOB is the abbreviation for St John Paul II’s book “Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body” Pauline Press...

Every human being is a gift from God. Before we are born from natural descent, tossed and anchored by parental decisions and...

‘You see the trouble we are in…in ruins, our gates burned with fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall…and we will no longer be in disgrace’...

Freedom figures in big to the Gospel: Jesus declares that His truth ‘sets us free’, fully and completely, while St. Paul declares to us...

Last week, my son Nick asked me to preach the sermon for his ‘institution’ as senior rector. (Nick’s new post takes he and wife Meg from...

Original entry date: Spring 2017 Newsletter Conversion: The realization that a loved one has assumed a false identity invites you to go...

Original entry date: March 9, 2015 ‘Sloth is a kind of oppressive sorrow that so depresses a man that he wants to do nothing.’ Aquinas...

Original entry date: May 9, 2016 First, thank you for your commitment to your friend. Sometimes devout, energized persons like you can...

Original entry date: March 14, 2016 God calls each of us to be a river of life for others. Chastity liberates that flow; sourced in...

Original entry date: December 12, 2011 I had never led a healing service for a group of Catholics before. And although I have been...

Winnowing wheat from chaff in service of persons pursuing wholeness Clarify terms and set realistic expectations. Jesus grants us...

Original entry date: October 28, 2018 First, 'conversion therapy' is the current lightning rod of contempt for anyone who refuses LGBT+...

Original entry date: February 9, 2010 *30-years ago, 'Living Waters' surfaced in West Hollywood. The burning ground of lust and sexual...

Original entry date: June 14, 2013 in our Mid-Year Newsletter On her Feast Day, I recall that St. Mary Magdalene is considered by the...

Original entry date: November 25, 2013 'If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has...

Original Entry Date: October 21, 2014 ‘The Cross becomes a new center of gravity for bringing together what is divided.’ Pope Emeritus...