Peace
How to Grow in Holiness
By virtue of our Baptism and Confirmation, we receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit. This author offers practical ways we can cultivate them in our everyday lives.
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‘Do You Hear What I Hear?’ The Story Behind the Song
This popular and enduring Christmas song’s plea for peace is as relevant today as when it was written, during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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St. Francis and His Artisans of Peace
The peace that Francis showed with birds, wolves, lambs, larks, and worms reminded his contemporaries that Adam and Eve lived in total harmony with all creatures before they were sent from the Garden of Eden.
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St. Francis and the Taming of the Wolf
This beloved story has a lot to teach us about peacemaking in our own times.
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St. Francis of Assisi: Artisan of Peace
Interior peace is the awareness that God is and dwells in all of creation, and from that awareness flows the other three necessary elements of Pope Francis’s statement, namely, concern for nature, justice for the poor, and commitment to society.
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Ukraine’s healing needs justice, repentance, say experts
Healing the wounds of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine requires decades of effort — and a willingness to face human suffering at a staggering scale, said experts at a Feb. 23 panel discussion hosted by the Lumen Christi Institute at the University of Chicago.