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God’s Blessings: Am I Open to Receive?

God’s Blessings: Am I Open to Receive?

A month or so ago, I was sitting outside and looking at the beauty of creation. It was a cool…

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Interview with our New Executive Director, Courtney Brown

Interview with our New Executive Director, Courtney Brown

You’re new to the current staff but not new to Ruah Woods, correct? Yes, to both of those statements! My first…

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The Four Harmonies

The Four Harmonies

Up to this point, our reflections have focused on God’s original plan for humanity as manifest in the state and…

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Answering the Lord’s Call to Ruah Woods Institute

Answering the Lord’s Call to Ruah Woods Institute

“Charlene, I feel like I just went on a personal retreat.” I told a close friend on the phone as I…

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Servant Heart of an Educator

Servant Heart of an Educator

Those of us in Catholic education as an administrator, teacher, catechist, or in any other capacity, are participating in this…

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An Integral Vision of Man

An Integral Vision of Man

For many months now, we have been exploring Pope St. John Paul II’s reflections on “original man” (i.e., man and…

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Bearing Fruit

Bearing Fruit

God wants to be invited to make His home in us.God wants to dwell in us, to be in union…

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Knowledge, Procreation, & the Primordial Sacrament

Knowledge, Procreation, & the Primordial Sacrament

In recent articles, we have reflected on the logic of gift and the spousal meaning of the body.  We saw…

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Motherhood: A Total Gift of Self

Motherhood: A Total Gift of Self

A young mom I know had her first baby last week.  I was thinking about and praying for her this…

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Gift, Self-gift, and the Meaning of Life — Part 3:  The Spousal Meaning of the Body

Gift, Self-gift, and the Meaning of Life — Part 3:  The Spousal Meaning of the Body

We saw in previous reflections that all of creation is a gift held in being at every moment by God,…

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