Category Archives: Holiness

Lost in Truthiness Part II: Truth and True Freedom

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

I intended to post yesterday. Really. But the day got away from me. Now for the continuation of my last post:  https://adeaconswife.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/lost-in-truthiness/ My favorite line from the Colbert Report video http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/24039/october-17-2005/the-word—truthiness is: “Truth comes from the Gut.” The fact that … Continue reading →

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Cast Down Your Bucket: A Theology of Staying

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

Booker T Washington was a former slave who rose to prominence after the Civil War. In 1895 he gave a speech known as the “Atlanta Compromise Speech”. It is considered one of the most important speeches in American history. The … Continue reading →

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Orthodoxy Attracts Vocations

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

Mark Shea points out that …people are more likely to embrace a life of poverty, chastity, and obedience in a community that actually believes in these things than in communities that treat such things as outdated nonsense.

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The Mystical Body of Christ

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

“The Church is in history, but at the same time she transcends it. It is only “with the eyes of faith” that one can see her in her visible reality and at the same time in her spiritual reality as … Continue reading →

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The Universal Call to Holiness

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

The Lord Jesus, the divine Teacher and Model of all perfection, preached holiness of life to each and everyone of His disciples of every condition. He Himself stands as the author and consummator of this holiness of life: “Be you … Continue reading →

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