Letters to Peregrinus #16 - On Conscience
by Rick Ganz on April 18th, 2016
Dear Peregrinus: It has been some time, just before Lent began this year, since I have written to you. Thank you for accepting the truth that you are often in my awareness – “Iʼd like to tell him this when we next talk or write.” It is a human power of great significance that we can stay present to those who are far away, or with whom we are out of regular touch, or who have died and are now among our Ancestors... Read More
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Letters to Peregrinus #15 - On Owning a Grace
by Rick Ganz on February 20th, 2016
Dear Peregrinus: I really enjoyed our opportunity to go to the Peetʼs Coffee Shop recently and, while enjoying the robust coffee for which they are known, being able to talk about many things. That we got eventually to Lenten musings makes sense, because you and I have regularly helped each other pay closer attention to sacred “seasons” of the Christian year – the season of Advent and Christmastide ... Read More
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Letters to Peregrinus #14 - On Sufficient Time
by Rick Ganz on February 14th, 2016
Dear Peregrinus: You asked me why the liturgical season of Lent lasts for “forty days.” You thought this a terribly random length of time. You considered how the “seasons” – Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter – are never forty days long, but rather each one is some three months long. You then noticed how we talk of months – anywhere from twenty-nine to thirty-one days. Even sports seasons are never forty days ... Read More
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Letters to Peregrinus #13 - From Expectations to Contemplation
by Rick Ganz on December 24th, 2015
Dear Peregrinus: Good to hear from you. I had not expected that I would because Christmas is now so close, and, to be honest, I myself did not think that I would be able to write back to you because of many commitments before me to meet between now and Christmas. However, I remind myself that for me to pause, to let go of other concerns, and to bring my whole attention ... Read More
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Letters to Peregrinus #12 - On Turbulence of Spirit
by Rick Ganz on December 16th, 2015
Dear Peregrinus: In your recent letter, you wrote about feeling turbulent of spirit. And because you chose that word as the one that seemed most accurately to describe what it feels like to be you right now, I have paid close attention to that word. Is such turbulence as you are feeling a good thing or a bad thing? I think that you are saying that you think this turbulence is a bad thing ... Read More
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Letters to Peregrinus #11 – On Asking Necessary Questions
by Rick Ganz on December 10th, 2015
Dear Peregrinus: Happy second week of Advent to you! I appreciate that you stay in touch with me, and that you are so open with me about questions you have about our common faith in Christ. As to the questions that you ask me, I say this. You only ask a question to whose answer you are genuinely committed. This shows maturity, and in the case of religious questions, a reverence ... Read More
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Letters to Peregrinus #10 – On Your Name “Peregrinus”
by Rick Ganz on November 29th, 2015
Dear Peregrinus: A friend of mine asked me (she was not the only on who has) about your “unusual” name, what it meant. It had not occurred to me to wonder about your name, and so I thought that I would write to you what I have thought about it. Poetically, and without much investigation of your name, I have associated it with the Peregrine Falcon (Latin, falco peregrinus), about which... Read More
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Letters to Peregrinus #9 – On Receiving a grace Profoundly
by Rick Ganz on September 30th, 2015
Dear Peregrinus: You gave to all of us in your talk this morning a substantial grace. Thank you. I find myself needing to take the time today, and perhaps for several days, to let have access to me all that you spoke. I have learned that all of us need to learn better that a significant grace may take a long time fully to absorb, and correctly to understand. What is ... Read More
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Letters to Peregrinus #8 - On Questions Asked by a Fifteen-Year Old
by RIck Ganz on September 24th, 2015
Dear Peregrinus: It was wonderful to enjoy the evening with you, though I am guessing that your found your food and wine not up to snuff. I would agree that my food lacked flavor; something a little flat in it. Yet, the space was cool and comfortable; it was not too crowded and noisy; and of course I got to share it with you. Thank you. It was not until this morning that ... Read More
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Letters to Peregrinus #7 - On a Puzzling Word in a Famous Prayer
by Rick Ganz on September 18th, 2015
Dear Peregrinus: You asked me about this prayer – the Anima Christi – which has its name from the first two words in the (original) Latin form of it. This prayer was thought to have been composed by St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491/2 – 1556). It was, as it turns out, not authored by Ignatius, but esteemed by him. Let us read through the whole prayer first. SOUL of Christ, sanctify me ... Read More
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Letters to Peregrinus #6 - About Books on Witchcraft in the Library
by Rick Ganz on September 12th, 2015
Dear Peregrinus: We always get surprised by things; that is for sure! You have been lurking among the books in the theological Library to do with Satan and with Witchcraft! And this caused you to ask me about censorship, and whether it would not be quite appropriate for the Library to remove such books from the shelves. Good question. First of all, I was not aware of such a collection of books... Read More
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Letters to Peregrinus #5 - On the Testing of a Married Relationship
by Rick Ganz on September 6th, 2015
Dear Peregrina: I had lost track of the fact that today is the first year anniversary of a profound irruption of challenging experiences into your married relationship. The Oxford English Dictionary defines “irruption” in this way: “The action of bursting or breaking in; a violent entry, inroad, incursion, or invasion, esp. of a hostile force or tribe... Read More
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