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Fr. Kevin Drew on "Why Are Christians Hated?"

Christians are indistinguishable from other men either by nationality, language, or customs. They do not inhabit separate cities of their own, or speak a strange dialect, or follow some outlandish way of life.

This letter, rediscovered on the back of some parchment in the 1300s, speaks of love and hate:

They live in their own countries as though they were only passing through. They play their full role as citizens, but labor under all the disabilities of aliens. Any country can be their homeland, but for them their homeland, wherever it may be, is a foreign country. Like others, they marry and have children, but they do not expose them. They share their meals, but not their wives. They live in the flesh, but they are not governed by the desires of the flesh. They pass their days upon earth, but they are citizens of heaven. Obedient to the laws, they yet live on a level that transcends the law.

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Why Are Christians Hated? Christians are indistinguishable from other men either by nationality, language, or customs. They do not inhabit separate cities of their own, or speak a strange dialect, or follow some outlandish way of life. That is from the Letter to Diognetus, written around 130–180 AD. It is one of the earlie...

Dr. Donald Demarco on "Overcoming Laziness."

The celebrated novelist Somerset Maugham said there were two keys to his success as a writer: getting up in the morning and going to bed at night. By virtue of this strategy he defeated laziness twice, by overcoming laziness in the morning and retiring at the proper time so that he would be ready to rise the next day.

We are all saddled with chronic laziness. E dolce far niente (it is sweet to do nothing), say the Italians. The Spanish go one step further and say, “It is sweet to do nothing and then rest afterwards.” We are all, at one time or another, deserving of the epithet, “lazy-bones.” And a “lazy good-for-nothing” is a virtual condemnation. (More at the jump)

Overcoming Laziness The celebrated novelist Somerset Maugham said there were two keys to his success as a writer:  getting up in the morning and going to bed at night.  By virtue of this strategy he defeated laziness twice, by overcoming laziness in the morning and retiring at the proper time so that he would be read...

Fr. Dwight Longenecker on A Theology of Acceptance."

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