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The Spiritual Life

October 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment

“The spiritual life is like a dance with a partner who has a fertile imagination and who leads. We must be alert, responsive to the slightest indication of his intention, supple, ready to adapt to the movements with which he woos us. Thus we are available, free from every preconception, wide open to the unexpected, [...]

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Father Cantalamessa on the Leap of Faith

October 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Here is a translation of a commentary by the Pontifical Household preacher, Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, on the readings from this Sunday’s liturgy.
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Increase Our Faith
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4; 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14; Luke 17:5-10
This Sunday’s Gospel begins with the apostles asking Jesus: “Increase our faith!”
Instead of satisfying their desire, Jesus [...]

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6

Benedict XVI: Natural Law Is Base of Democracy

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Says Ignoring It Is a Crisis for Human Civilization
Benedict XVI says that natural law must be the foundation of democracy, so that those in power are not giving the chance to determine what is good or evil.
The Pope said this today when receiving in audience the members of the International Theological Commission, who had just [...]

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21 New Deacons for Australia and North America

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Archbishop Foley Highlights Role of Service
Archbishop John Foley told 21 Australians and North Americans about to be ordained deacons that their basic attitude should be one of service.
The U.S.-born archbishop, who is pro-grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, said this in his homily during Thursday’s ordination Mass in St. [...]

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Sentence Upheld for Priest’s Killer in Turkey

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Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals upheld the sentence for the teenage murderer of Italian Father Andrea Santoro. The decision to uphold the 18-year, 10-month sentence of imprisonment was made Thursday. Father Santoro was killed in February 2006 as he was praying in his church in Trabzon. Last year, a Trabzon court found Oguzhan Akdin guilty [...]

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