We often contrast activity and passivity. We identify activity as a sign of life and vigor. We regard passivity as an indication of lethargy and inadequacy. Activity indicates agency and Read More
Partners’ Forum
My dear Friends, I wish to each and all of you a joyful Christmas! May the birth of Jesus bring to each of us great happiness and peace. The gift Read More
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Six Steps to Reduce Violence
Vow of Nonviolence I hope you’re better at keeping New Year’s resolutions than I am. Realizing Christmas is a time of hope, this coming New Year’s Eve I Read More
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Our Ticket to Heaven
We soon celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ in our midst. Is this something to be celebrated, or to be grieved over? For did He not come to die, along Read More
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Reflection for Sunday December 21, 2014 By Dave O’Donnell When I bought my first car in 1963, the first accessory I attached to the dashboard was a St. Christopher’s Read More
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Make Peace Happen Now
Can such a simple (though not necessarily easy) accomplishment as subordinating our ego, lead us to world peace? Is compassion different for Muslims than for Christians or are we all Read More
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Caveat Auditor (Hearer Beware)
To Abraham Lincoln is attributed the observation that you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but not Read More
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Scripture Reflection for Sunday December 14, 2014 by Dave O’Donnell Sunday’s first reading is from Isaiah “The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has Read More
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We Need to Tell the “Right” Story
In this TED Talk, Karen Thompson Walker tells us that we must tell the “right” story if we are going to live. The story we Passionists tell is the Read More
