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A Deacon’s Diary: What Does it Actually Mean to be Free?

A Deacon’s Diary: What Does it Actually Mean to be Free?

by Steve Molvarec, SJ | Feb 3, 2022 | A Deacon's Diary, Series    ~ Approx. 5 mins

This is the seventh installment of A Deacon’s Diary. In the sixth installment, Steve pondered dark things in the darkness of December. I. On a recent Sunday, ordinariness had recommenced at Boston University, despite (not unfounded) fears of COVID outbreaks. Vestments...

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In prayer, we might ask things of God—but sometimes God will not answer how and when we might want. Greg Okumu, SJ reflects on prayer using his own experience of the 30-day silent Spiritual Exercises retreat. Based on the readings for the 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time.

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