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In preparing a homily for the Feast of Corpus Christi this Sunday I reread two of my favorite passages about belief in the Eucharist which I thought I rsquo d share nbsp with any priests or deacons looking for some inspiration for a homily and nbsp with any Catholic eager to reflect on this grea

In a provocative op-ed this morning in the New York Times the Dalai Lama speaks of his 1968 encounter with Thomas Merton and the need for religions to highlight what unites us nbsp Interestingly Merton is often nbsp criticized by some Catholics for not being sufficiently Catholic towards the

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