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My Will Be Done

God is dead, said Nietzsche. And when he said it, it was not in celebration. It was not a rally cry for atheists, but rather a lament regarding what was ahead for humanity without a shared moral framework. The ‘madman’ who uttered these words in Nietzsche’s narrative was mocked by a society that no longer […]

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LOCUSTS AND WILD HONEY

On self-restraint preceding grace. God seeks three things from the baptised: from the soul – genuine faith; from the body – self-restraint; and from the tongue – truth. – St Gregory the Theologian The first and last of these are plain to see, and most people would not dispute them. Yes, they’d say, if we […]

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