
The Nature of Hope
Albert Haase, OFM
May 13, 2025
Hope cannot be bought or taught. It can only be received and awakened.
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Be Your Real Self
Laurence Freeman, OSB
March 18, 2020
When we see hypocrisy—the enemy of integrity—we are cautious. If we condemn it—as Jesus and the great teachers did—we expose ourselves to attack.
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Silence Is the Greatest of Teachers
Laurence Freeman, OSB
March 17, 2020
A good new practice to highlight, even at this midway point in the Lenten period, is silence. Silence is the greatest of teachers.
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Persistence Is More Important than Success
Laurence Freeman, OSB
March 16, 2020
We cannot pursue success, acceptance, and acclaim as authentic goals of life, and be real. In meditation we score no goals but we win the match.
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Meditation Dissolves Sticky Sin
Laurence Freeman, OSB
March 15, 2020
There is, as we all know, personal sin. We all know our faults—or suspect them.
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Who Do We Want to Be?
Laurence Freeman, OSB
March 14, 2020
Experience is a stronger persuader than argument, and we act well to the degree that we see clearly.
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The Stone Rejected by the Builders
Laurence Freeman, OSB
March 13, 2020
The ecological dream is to produce new energy by reprocessing all waste.
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