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Envy

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Years ago, I had a conversation with a bishop that I worked with on a pastoral project. In a candid moment, as he was talking about the hardworking priests of his diocese, he told me that he had to watch out how and when he honored them. He wasn’t as worried about the individual priest’s Read More
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Accepting Our Humanity

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Do you ever go back in time and look at your ordination photos? A wise priest many years ago encouraged me to keep an image from that day close by and view it as often as possible so that I would never forget the joy and grace of that event. It has been 35 years Read More
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Humility in the Life of the Priest

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The benefits of humility are becoming increasingly recognized even in the secular world. Distinguished psychologists Christopher Peterson, Ph.D., and Martin Seligman, Ph.D., include a chapter on humility in their well-received psychological handbook from 2004, “Character Strengths and Virtues” (American Psychological Association, $79.50). They begin by describing common misconceptions of humility in our modern secular world. Read More
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The Pathway to Greatness

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Describing the qualities of greatness has become a growth industry, especially in the literature of leadership. Among the many attributes manifested in men and women qualifying them as great are the following: purposefulness, self-confidence, boldness, optimism, forgiveness, courage, determination, humility, self-reflection and love. This is only a sampling. Even within the long tradition of the Read More