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To Become Real — Affirm Others

The heresy of individualism: thinking oneself a completely self¬sufficient unit and asserting this imaginary “unity” against all others. The affirmation of the self as simply “not the other.” But when you seek to affirm your unity by denying that you have anything to do with anyone else, by negating everyone else in the universe until… Read More ›

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Remembering we are the servant to each other

It is almost taken for granted in our society that, if one possesses some measure of authority or power, it is legitimate to let the petitioner know, in subtle but unmistakable ways, that a favor is being bestowed. This thinly disguised punishment for being needy has no place in community… Demetrius Dumm, OSB Cherish Christ… Read More ›

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Reality is to be Sought in Unity

They can only conceive one way of becoming real: cutting themselves off from other people and building a barrier of contrast and distinction between themselves and other men. They do not know that reality is to be sought not in division but in unity, for we are ‘members one of another.’ Thomas Merton New Seeds… Read More ›

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