Oblate Program at Belmont Abbey, NC

Tag: heart

Entertainment becomes necessary when life has lost all meaning

What is the dominant mode of experience at the end of the twentieth century? How do people see things, and how do they expect to see things? The answer is simple. In every field, from business to politics to marketing to education, the dominant mode has become entertainment. . . . In other centuries human… Read More ›

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It’s 2009. Do You Know Where Your Soul Is?

I am in Midtown Manhattan, where drivers still play their car horns as if they were musical instruments and shouting in restaurants is sport. I am a long way from the warm breeze of voices I heard a week ago on Easter Sunday. “Glorify your name,” the island women sang, as they swayed in a… Read More ›

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50 Years with the Same Companion

We often talk about the importance of regularly praying the Liturgy of the Hours. It is one of the few obligations of an Oblate. But we make excuses, we are too busy, our kids require our time, we have too much housework, our boss has us on deadlines. All of these things can ligitamately keep… Read More ›

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Warmth in the Cold

God is a fire that warms and kindles the heart and inward parts. Hence, if we feel in our hearts the cold which comes from the devil – for the devil is cold – let us call on the Lord. He will come to warm our hearts with perfect love, not only for Him but… Read More ›

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