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Mount Carmel
When I visited Israel, I was warned that customs officers would pick people at random to ask them questions. I don’t know if I’m naturally suspicious-looking, but I wasn’t surprised when they called me over out of my group. The questions were pretty standard—where are you going, what are you seeing—then the officer looked at… Continue reading
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Story of a Soul
When we read of the saints, it’s easy to forget they were real people. They seem to have it all together and always in-tune to God’s voice and desires. Logically I know that’s not true, but they sound really good on paper. At first, St. Thérèse is no exception. She speaks of her strong connection… Continue reading
And they said to him, “Inquire of God, we pray thee, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed.”
And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the LORD.”
—Judges 18:5–6