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America: the new China
The Communist Party of China has created a spiritual vacuum for its people. The official state position has been atheistic from its inception.…
Global Migration – A World Ever on the Move
NY Times: Migrants sent home $317 billion last year (world wide) — three times the world’s total foreign aid. In at least seven countries, remit…
At the End, Offering Not a Cure But Comfort
New York Times: getting beyond “death panels”.[Click here for complete article]
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I’m Ageing, I’m Ageing!
This passage brings back emotions of unease that I haven’t felt since junior high school. My body is changing in unpredictable ways that I can’t control. My mental image of myself is younger than my chronological age. Of course the difference is that this passage’s changes limit instead of expand my physical abilities. I want to grow old gracefully. The growing old part is easy. The gracefully is more of a challenge. I’m looking for signposts in this region of my journey to help me develop the “graceful” part. I recently read an article by Fr. Patrick Howell SJ who is the rector of the Jesuit Community at Seattle University. The excerpt below has given me a lot to meditate on. “Trusting in God doesn’t eradicate fear of death, but it shifts our focus to the graces received throughout our lives and to the faces of people who have loved us — no matter what. It may help us bring resolution to unfinished business and forgiveness for past injuries. It allows us to live the moment more fully and to accept the vicissitudes of life with grace and humor, despite the seeming indignities that advancing age may bring.” — Fr. Patrick Howell SJ |
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