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The Primacy of Love

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Charity and hospitality were matters of top priority (for the Desert Fathers), and took precedence over fasting and personal ascetic routines. The countless sayings which bear witness to this warm-hearted friendliness should be sufficient to take care of accusations that…
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Via our machines— be it phone, television, or computer— we receive an enormous amount of information every day. But we don’t have the time, the energy, and the emotional resilience to deal with all of this information. We do triage…
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Waiting In This Darkness

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The first time you practice contemplation, you’ll only experience a darkness, like a cloud of unknowing.  You won’t know what this is. You’ll only know that in your will you feel a simple reaching out to God.  You must also…
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