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Category: Simple Holiness

Knowing your ‘why’

When I was a practicing therapist, I would often talk with my clients about “knowing our why.” Our “why” was the reason, or reasons, we told ourselves was the impetus for the actions, or inactions, we took in life. When we know our “why,” we can more clearly understand the “what” we must do to achieve this “why.” And our “what” always sends us back to our “why,” so that the process is circular in nature, as well as progressive.

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Finding virtue through the Catholic faith

It will come as no surprise to most people, even Catholics, that what we have experienced over the past 30 months has created indifference: a lack of interest, concern or empathy for the predicament of others. Even if an individual is commonly known for being compassionate, the past two-and-a-half years have created exhaustion and fatigue.

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Creating a culture of dialogue

At times of disagreement and incongruity involving the opinions of others, it often seems easier to gravitate toward anger that leads to arguments, rather than discussions that may lead to some level of understanding. No matter how we feel about the decision of the Supreme Court in June to overturn Roe v. Wade, we have witnessed the reactions of both sides.

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Making the right and good decision

It may seem that making the right and good decision in every situation we face is a difficult thing to do. But I am here to say, “It’s really not that hard.” Making good, right, ethical decisions comes down to the habits we form each day, which eventually form us to become the people we are.

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The joy of saying yes to our vocation

When we hear the word “vocation,” many of us may think about priesthood or consecrated life. And yet, the meaning of vocation is the choice of our employment, especially when our choice requires great dedication, because the work we choose is particularly worthy. When a priest, a religious sister or brother dedicates their lives to the vocation to which they have been called, this is not only their work, it becomes the mission of their lives.

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