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St. Anthony of Padua

St. Anthony, Help Me Find…Beauty

St. Anthony of Padua, that Hammer of Heretics, serves as a model to me that I am to preach against any dualism within myself that blocks an openness to beauty.
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Globes on the ground | Photo by Guillaume de Germain on Unsplash

The Our Father: Our Environmental Teacher

Isn’t “What Would Jesus Drive?” an unusual question to be coming from the Evangelical Environmental Network?
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Lent with Richard Rohr: Cosmic Courtroom Scenes

Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent | Readings: Exodus 32:7-14; John 5:31-47 REFLECTION Your browser does not support the audio element. Download the audio here
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Lent with Richard Rohr: The Two-Way Mirror

Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent | Readings: Isaiah 49:8-15; John 5:17-30
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Lent with Richard Rohr: The Soul Needs Images and Imaging to ‘Know’ Things

Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent | Readings: Ezekiel 47:1-9,12; John 5:1-16
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Lent with Richard Rohr: Could the ‘New’ Thing Be Inclusion?

Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent | Readings: Isaiah 65:17-21; John 4:43-54
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Lent with Richard Rohr: Light Is About Seeing Correctly

Fourth Sunday of Lent | Readings: 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6–7, 10–13a; Ephesians 5:8–14; John 9:1–41
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