Four hundred years ago, a great personality of modern intellectual life in Europe was born. Blaise Pascal was not only...
If you ask people what is sacred to them, after some consideration, they’ll offer an answer: family, tranquility, freedom, peace,...
Once a year, often on a day determined by religion and tradition, the community of the living commemorates the community of the dead—All Souls Day, for example, or Dia de los Muertos. In considering the interwoven relationship of death and birth, Christine Gruwez asks: might these festivals become not just...
“I made it for you!” my little three-year-old friend says shyly. Delighted, I stoop down to her level, and we...
On Christmas Eve, a child is born into the world. Not only that—a star rises. He is the star that...
Growth in knowledge enables us to perceive the weaknesses of other people much more clearly than before and, depending on our temperament, to address or possibly criticize them. This touches on the problematic side of knowledge, cognition, and thinking. When we see something clearly, when we “know,” there is always...
We, the living, are always present for the deceased. We should never forget that. Their world encompasses ours; our world...
I Not being reconciled with oneself is a well-known condition. It describes our usual relationship with ourselves. We should not...
To become friends, we need to get to know each other. This is the point invoked in the famous scene between the Little Prince and the fox in the rose garden. Familiarity comes from the trust that grows out of encounters and getting closer to one another. When we are...
The fundamental difference between spiritual and sensory perception is apparent: with the latter, it is always possible—due to external solidity—to...
Conscience and devotion are two themes that weave into Saint John’s—but how do they weave into each other? When, in...
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