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The Rev. Terrance W. Klein is a priest of the Diocese of Dodge City and author of Vanity Faith.
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If we give the signal—our readiness, our openness—God lifts us up.
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If only there were an app that alerted us every time that Christ was near, every time that Christ wanted us to let up on our worthwhile labors long enough to look at someone we love.
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The sermon is so simple. However dark your world, imitate me and all will be well. The question it poses is likewise quite stark: Do we believe him enough to rally?
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We use the word “God” to speak of that which is much too great for us to seek and to find. We cannot search for God to satisfy our curiosity. God must find us, or we are lost.
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Our history remains hazardous, but it does not stand apart from God in Christ.
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Perhaps hovering parents only display a drive shared by all: a desire to be our own saviors.
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We are not angels. We cannot be spiritual without being religious. Why? Because we cannot be human without rituals.
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We are never more ourselves than when we express ourselves.
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Can anyone adequately define what it means to be an alcoholic? Someone who regularly abuses alcohol is physically ill because of biological, even genetic, factors. And, like anyone suffering from a psychological pathology, an alcoholic’s free will is typically curtailed. Finally, as with any sinner, there’s probably no alcoholic who doesn’t bear some moral responsibility for the condition.
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We may not yet be saints, but this does not make our families any less sacred.