Powerless and powerful? At the same time? You’ve been diagnosed with lung cancer and told you have two months to live. Powerless, right? The message of Reinhold Niebuhr’s serenity prayer is familiar: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know [...]
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#56 Ode to the “Little Way”
Posted in Philosophy of Religion, Religion, Religious Philosophy, Spiritual Exercises, Spirituality, tagged Catholic Church, Monica Furlong, Reinhold Niebuhr, Saint Therese, serenity prayer, the "Little Way", tuberculosis on December 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
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