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Tag: witness (4 entries)

Doubting Thomas

· 3 July 2008 | 633 words

Today is the feast day for Saint Thomas the Apostle. I chose Thomas (or maybe he chose me) for my patron saint for my baptism/confirmation a few years ago. I have an affinity for Thomas, partly because it took me...

Silence Is

· 4 June 2008 | 28 words

Silence is-- the song of God, singing to every one and every thing to be, being, to be witness, with-ness, to each other, and to be with God....

Teaching Dirt to Listen

· 3 June 2008 | 692 words

In a narrative essay titled "Teaching a Stone to Talk" (found in the book by the same name), the author Annie DIllard describes an eccentric man trying to teach a stone how to talk. Several times a day, he removes...

The Coin of Faith

· 10 April 2008 | 598 words

From Br. Joseph -- There are two sides to faith, just as there are two sides to a coin. One side of the "coin of faith" looks externally, that is, it looks outside of our selves to others for examples...