The sermon preached by a priest in the French overseas department of Réunion in the Indian Ocean has caused a stir on the internet. According to media reports, the priest made fun of the religions represented on the island in his sermon. “I don’t believe in this fat, seated man with a beautiful belly who Read more
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St Francis did not say that, or Thomas Merton, or Buddha
Friday, February 19th, 2016
Recently I logged on to Facebook to find this lovely meme from Thomas Merton: “If the you of five years ago doesn’t consider the you of today a heretic, you are not growing spiritually.” It’s a great sentiment, but my malarkey radar went off at the attribution to Merton. This language of “growing spiritually” is awfully modern Read more