Perhaps the crucial feature of addiction is the progressive replacement of people by things. — Damian Thompson, The Fix
Tag Archive: relationship
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Jun 26 2010
Start Again
Heard this song at the end of the episode “Custody” in the TV show Flash Point. (sound clip or video) You get lost in pursuit of glory We find ourselves locked in denial Ego has no intermission When it headlines every night, yeah Those mistakes you made don’t make you half a man There is …
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Jun 19 2009
Unpacking the Word Grace
I need to unpack the meaning of the words of one sentence from this post: [G]race is the Holy Spirit Himself acting in our lives. Grace is not an object, not something that is collected or possessed, not an add-on, not I-It. It is not analogous to a magic spell from God that suddenly helps you …
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Mar 30 2009
The Essence of Purity
I was listening to the homily for today’s morning Mass on EWTN radio as I drove to work. The homilist, Fr. Joseph Mary, paraphrased Dietrich von Hildebrand: The essence of purity is reverence. Fr. Joseph Mary added, “…reverence for the person, reverence for my own dignity, and reverence for God. That is what the essential …
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