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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.

A good new practice to highlight, even at this midway point in the Lenten period, is silence. Silence is the greatest of teachers.

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.

There is, as we all know, personal sin. We all know our faults—or suspect them.

Experience is a stronger persuader than argument, and we act well to the degree that we see clearly.

The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many It’s amazing how the Church can repeat these words of Jesus from a place of hierarchy and privilege.

We trust Jesus because of his suffering and its transcendent aftermath, and because he spoke from a passionate addiction to truth that is the only kind of addiction that sets us free.

We tend to diverge from the truth the more we analyze, complicate and define.

To change a small thing makes some people feel insecure about many things and even sends warning signals down deep into the caverns where their fear of death lurks.