Tag: joy
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On Purpose, Passion, and Privilege
One of the things that resonates in Pope Francis’ new teaching document on holiness, Gaudete et Exsultate, is the understanding of holiness as a calling to be the very best version of yourself you can be, rather than trying to be a poor copy of someone else. I was thinking over the last couple of…
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Made for Joy
We were made for joy. If you watch children at all, you know that. Laughter, skipping, a silly verve for life are such a part of childhood that even in war-torn countries and refugee camps you can find children playing. Of course, we drive it out of them as soon as we can. In school,…
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Passions, Habits, and the Life in Between
Take this as a giant maybe, a question to test, a hypothesis. In reflection tonight a few things struck me that, together, seem to encompass a lot of life. The first point was about passions. I was observing how someone close to me is driven by a passion, an inward drive to consume something past…
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The Joy of the Gospel vs. the Anguish of the World
If you want to name a central theme to Pope Francis’ Evangelii Gaudium, you could do worse than this. After all, the name of the apostolic exhortation is Latin for “Joy of the Gospel.” So. But since it’s Lent when I’m writing this, let me point out both sides. Francis focuses on the Joy aspect…
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