“Wounds need to be treated, so many wounds! So many wounds! There are so many people who are wounded by material problems, by scandals… People wounded by the world’s illusions…” – Pope Francis Since the fall of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein in late 2017, we’ve seen a continuous descent of men from powerful places and positions to a basically non-existent existence. Their sins of abuse, sexual harassment and the mistreatment of women have been given…
In a recent acceptance speech at the Golden Globes that instantly went viral, former talk show host and actress Oprah Winfrey addressed the deep wound that has been exposed all over the entertainment industry, American politics, and across the spectrum of the shared civic life of man and woman. In a general sense, that wound is sin. Specifically, from Miss Winfrey’s words, it’s the sin of the lust of men against women; the sordid sexual harassment of greedy men in…
St. Francis de Sales[1] was born on August 21, 1567, to an ancient and noble family in the Duchy of Savoy. He received a very thorough education during childhood and, in his youth, studied theology in Paris, and then, both canon and civil law at the University of Padua. Francis experienced a severe trial during his late teens, which, in turn, would give birth to a profound lesson that would permeate his heart and overflow…
