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Why Love?
I’ll state the obvious. I’m an idealist(not to be confused with lazy passive optimism). The novel and the beautiful capture me. However, my idealism can be double-edged, for sure. As Stanley Kubrick’s character General Broulard profers, “You’re an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.”1 Maybe he’s right to do so. Perhaps I’m like Miguel de Cervantes’ endearing Continue Reading...Read more -
You’re In when you Feel Most Out
Many of us are familiar with the Beatitudes in Matthew 5. You know, Blessed are the poor. Blessed are the ... . There are two words that translate into "Blessed" in first-century Judaism. The first, in Hebrew beraka (and the Greek eulogeo) and this word isn't used in the Beatitudes. This word is used in prayer, asking for a blessing. For example, "Father, please bless Tom Continue Reading...Read more -
Outcast outside of Us Calls forth the Outcast within Us
Dean Brackley, SJ was an American Jesuit who started his career in education, a community organizer working for social justice in El Salvador. Brackley volunteered to go to the University of Central America in 1989, shortly after the murder of six Jesuits, their housekeeper and her daughter. In addition to his academic responsibilities, he also did pastoral work in a poor urban community in San Salvador Continue Reading...Read more
