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''Give me chastity and continence, but not yet''

The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting world-views. The Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recounts how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle to become one of Christianity''s most influential thinkers. A remarkably honest spiritual autobiography, the Confessions also addresses fundamental issues of Chri...

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Reading for the Waiting: Books to Deepen Your Faith This Lenten Season

Reading for the Waiting: Books to Deepen Your Faith This Lenten Season

As I write this, my front yard is covered in ice and snow. It’s been like this for a week and now it’s almost impossible to think it will ever look any different. Lent is like that too – a time of reflection; of waiting and wandering. Unlike the lights of Advent, we start Lent […]
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