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Archive for May 2010

WHAT IS FORGIVENESS?

Before you read more, first, think about your own definition of forgiveness. Write it down if that helps. Not too long ago I heard a story about forgiveness.  There was a woman who was reported to have visions of God.  The local church officials were concerned since it was upsetting many of their parishioners.  The [...]

LIVING A CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE IN HARVARD SQUARE: A POETRY RETREAT

Today we will take a day’s respite from the theme of forgiveness.  I will return to this theme in a future posting. Each year, for the past four years, St. Paul Parish’s Lay Committee on Contemporary Spirituality and Public Concern has invited two Chicagoans, Judith Valente, a poet-PBS journalist, and her husband, Charles Reynard, a [...]