The Faith
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You have prayed and have not yet, as you think, had the complete answer. This is usually because you have not given Our Lord something he asks for, in order to answer you. For example, when He worked miracles He asked for some trifle which one would suppose useless–as, for example, the loaves and fishes…
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This will be the last Sunday Night Journal, at least in this form—I'm holding open the possibility of reviving it as a simple journal, not a weekly essay. I’ve kept it going for eight years, from 2004 through 2012, with a year off in 2009. And now I want to turn my attention to other…
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Our conception of Christ colors our whole life; it informs everything that we touch with its spirit; it makes us what we are. Nothing could be more untrue than the often-repeated misstatement that we all worship the same God; or that other, that whatever we worship the result is the same. Nothing matters more than…
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In giving life to Him she was giving Him death. All other children born must inevitably die; death belongs to fallen nature; the mother's gift to the child is life. But Christ is Life; death did not belong to Him. In fact, unless Mary would give Him death, He could not die. Unless she would give…
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Of course, it is true that in human nature there is always a conflict. It is not so much between body and soul as between good and evil, but the body is very often inclined to take the side of evil. It always tends to take the line of least resistance, and that usually results…
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Another point: don't imagine, as some people do, that all your questioning and seeking is a sort of prologue to spiritual experience. Of course it is a great spiritual experience in itself, and it is at present your way of union with Christ, who said, "I am the way, not simply, "At the end of the…
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Christ said "I am the Way," and I am sure that the search and longing for Him, the things that bring you closer to Him, are all means of union with Him. So that it would be silly and wrong not to realize that every prayer said in any church, every act of love to…
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Our Lord usually turned up with some of His friends; He probably brought a number to the wedding, which was why the wine ran out so early. –Caryll Houselander Yes, I have in mind to post something from her for each of the twelve days. Let's see if I can keep it up. This one is…
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Everyone has something missing in life, something that has disappointed, something that does not measure up to a once-cherished hope, something that inhibits freedom, some burden that tires, some hunger that is never satisfied. People usually accomodate themselves to reduced expectations about life, especially as they get older. How else could they get through the…
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Don and the Unprofitable Servant When you pick up a hitchhiker, there’s a moment when he opens the door and you look at each other, and you’re both wondering whether you’ve made a big mistake: Is this guy going to do me some kind of harm? I could see that question in the eyes of…
Light On Dark Water 