...and theologian was best known for his book “Seven Story Mountain”, which continues to be a best seller today. It’s the story of Merton’s own winding, uphill, spiritual path to...
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Thomas Merton: The Lost Sheep
Just doing my job
Today’s gospel could be difficult to understand. It seems as if the master is being a bit demanding of his servant, and surely ungrateful, for his servant’s work. After a...
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Seed Beginnings
...when I read the Gospel today and heard again about the mustard seed. Jesus used this familiar example of a seed to teach us the importance of small beginnings. He...
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Saint Padre Pio
...the Capuchin Friars at the age of sixteen and was ordained a priest seven years later. For fifty years at the monastery of San Giovanni Rotundo he was a much...
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