Tag: struggle
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God is in the Struggle
“That which does not kill you makes you stronger” is one of those “power sayings” that often get bandied about in polite society, a sort of talisman against the challenges of daily life. In fact, the phrase has its origins in the work of Freidrich Neitzsche, who includes it in a list of aphorisms in his…
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In the Struggle there is Hope
I went on a retreat a few weeks back with my fellow seminarians where we spent almost two days in seclusion on the property of some Cistercian nuns in Southern Massachusetts. It was a great experience for me, to a great extent because it was intentional space set apart from the world around me, space…
Deeper in me than I 