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I think what passes for religion these days is really the religion’s shadow arising from a primitive mind set. Religion can ennoble us and encourage us to reach our highest selves, but it’s shadow has just the opposite effect. I have, from time to time, relied on my friend and persona Brother Jeremiah of [...] Which is preferable, the physical rising of the body or the survival of the essence of the man in his teachings and his example? I opt for the latter as more immediate to my experience of the universe and more applicable to the world in which I live, but I cannot insist upon it. [...] Anthropomorphism isn’t limited to the physical; it also encompasses the mental and emotional. It is as much a mistake to say that God thinks logically or feels emotion as it would be to say God stands or walks or folds His arms, or spits. After a few articles in which I have published the [...] One comes to simplicity through a rather tangled forest of complex and sophisticated thought processes. I have, from time to time, relied on my friend and persona Brother Jeremiah of the Order of Buile Suibhne (OBS) to write on subjects of a spiritual nature or on observations regarding the practice of religion in America, one [...] Once again I am in receipt of a letter from my friend and persona Brother Jeremiah of the Order of Buile Suibhne (OBS) from whom I have solicited occasional letters on spiritual matters. I had to nudge him a bit after his last letter; he thought he was a bit harsh and might not [...] I have prevailed upon my good friend and persona Brother Jeremiah of the Divine Order of the Buile Shuibhne* to write the occasional letter on spiritual subjects. I have never seen him so moved and in a way that is uncharacteristic of the gentle monastic. Yet, I have promised not to edit him and [...] I have prevailed upon my good friend and persona Brother Jeremiah of the Divine Order of the Buile Shuibhne* to write the occasional letter on spiritual subjects. He agreed, on the condition that I not edit him at all. What follows is the first in a series. Homilies of Br. Jeremiah, OBS |
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