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Then a woman said, “Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow.” And he answered: Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.   And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can…

The following meditation is by Murray Bodo, O.F.M, from his book, “Song of the Sparrow.” We fight surrender to God and resist it. Then one day we wake up and realize that letting go is the only answer. And waking up is pretty much what happens. Everything before that insight was a sleeping away of…

Awhile back I did an interview with one my mental health heroes, Fr. Joseph Girzone, who talked about carving sculptures from bars of soap to escape his depression. Now I interview another mental health hero, Priscilla Warner (who runs The Faith Club, here at Beliefnet’s Community and who is a candidate for Beliefnet’s Member of the…

Following is one of my favorite excerpts from “The Faith Club”: As I listened to Suzanne I felt that I was in the presence of someone with deep faith who had dealt with suffering and loss in a way that I couldn’t. I was a bit envious of Suzanne’s strong belief in God. I wished…
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