Building on Faith by Sr. Helen Graham

[MARIAN A. CAAMPUED]

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From: lucia pavia ticzon <luch_...@yahoo.com>
To: helen <graham...@yahoo.ca>
Cc: bgyn...@yahoo.com
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 12:50:09 AM
Subject: Building on Faith

deep thanks, helen!

in light and peace,
luchie

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From: Helen Graham <graham...@yahoo.ca>
To: luch_...@yahoo.com; sr_na...@yahoo.com
Sent: Thu, September 9, 2010 7:46:57 PM
Subject: Building on Faith

Whether you are from New York or not...this explanation of the controversail cultural center near ground zero that led to that fanatical plan to burn Korans tomorrow....is worth reading as it transcends New York. It is this kind of religious impulse that is global and requires cooperation from us all....I was unclear about the entire issue until I read this....gives me great hope.... 
 

 

 

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Helen R. Graham, M.M.
Maryknoll Sisters
UP PO 235 Diliman
1101 Quezon City
Philippines
(632)913 9774

Maryknoll Sisters on the web: www.mklsisters.org

 

"Tradition is the living faith of the dead, traditionalism (i.e. fundamentalism) is the dead faith of the living"                                     (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Vindication of  Tradition. 65).

 

 

"Infinate language cannot be mortal speech, except for one word---the first person singular pronoun 'I,'   'Anochi.' For just this is the name each self has for its self. And since the gesture of self-reference---the way by which I evoke who I am---is the same for every self, whenever we say 'I' we evoke not only the 'I' of every other soul, we echo the primary 'I,' 'Anochi'  of Sinai. Whatever makes each individuakl unique, that innermost core self, is precisely what we each share with one another, and with our Creator. We are made of the same holy stuff. It has this mysterious ability to look different in each pair of eyes, to sound different in each voice, but it is all the same"  (Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, God was in the place and I, i did not know, p. 133").

                                                                                                        

[Rene Resurreccion]

I think there is a geo-political chess game going on right now in the world.  There are many spectators who watch what is going on but they don't know what it is all about.