Walking Together in Solitude

Walking Together in Solitude

In Reclaiming Conversation Sherry Turkle offers a remarkably important and practical insight: we need to cultivate a “capacity for solitude.” Its profound significance is apparent in a simple assertion that says much about all of us, not just young people: “If we are...
3 Reasons to Seek Self-Knowledge

3 Reasons to Seek Self-Knowledge

Though self-knowledge has been praised by great thinkers from ancient times to the present, we don’t give this all-too-rare quality the attention it demands. The importance of self-knowledge is probably most noticeable precisely when it is absent. And alas, often we...
Eager (Not Too Eager) for Friendship

Eager (Not Too Eager) for Friendship

It is a hard reality that in the very things most important to us we make missteps, sometimes precisely because they are so important to us. Friendship is a standout example. An insight from a master of friendship can help us make our eagerness for friendship an asset...
Intentional Household: Book Now Available

Intentional Household: Book Now Available

Renewing life today must start in the home. This seems obvious, but it is much more demanding than it seems. Forging a homelife that answers to the richness of God’s plan requires an extraordinary, intentional effort. And this effort must be rooted in a clear...
Emmaus’ Lesson: Hospitality

Emmaus’ Lesson: Hospitality

Of the various appearances of the Lord after his resurrection, the story of the road to Emmaus is especially beloved. It seems unmatched for accessibility and richness of lessons. One lesson emphasized by two major fathers of the Church might take us by surprise: the...

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