We don’t decide the circumstances, but we do determine the meaning of our lives.

Like so much that he wrote, it’s become a beloved verse of American literature, Abraham Lincoln’s letter to the bereaved mother of five sons, killed fighting for the cause of union.

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Why do we long for the whole?  We never find it in this life, yet we don’t stop seeking it.

Art allows us, through the eyes of another, to take another look at the world.  We see a bit deeper, because someone shares a vision with us.

Richard Clifford, S.J., on the achievements and challenges of Vatican II on Scripture