A Talk Given for Legatus 8 January 2020 Everybody is wounded in some way—emotionally, psychologically—everybody. That is part of the human condition. And when you realize that, it calms you, because you realize it’s normal. And part of the unhappiness of life is thinking that you have been dealt an
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A Homily for Good Friday ”Nay!” answered the child; “but these are the wounds of Love.” –Oscar Wilde, The Selfish Giant— When I was in the seventh grade, my father noticed the peach fuzz sprouting on my upper lip and called me into the bathroom. After handing me a razor,
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“Stay in the same house and eat and drink what is offered to you, for the laborer deserves payment. Do not move about from one house to another.” –Luke 10:7– Here’s a story you may have heard before. It is a variant of a tale originally told by Aesop—that
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And wherever he [Jesus] went, into village or hamlet or town, they laid the sick in the market places, and entreated him to let them touch but the tassel of his cloak; and as many as touched him were saved. –Mark 6:56– Years ago, my friend Mary gave me
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Turning round, Peter saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved, the one who, at the supper, had leaned back upon his breast and said, “Lord, who is it that will betray thee?” Peter therefore, seeing him, said to Jesus, “Lord, and what of this man?” Jesus said to him,
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