THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #88 / DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #88
THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #88 Advent Candles At times the difference between the thinking of a child and that of an adult can be remarkable. Our Lord exhorts us that unless we become like little children, we cannot enter the kingdom of heaven (MT 18:2-5). This was brought…
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THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #87 / DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #87
THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #87 The Kleptomaniac Kleptomania is the inability to resist the urge to steal items, usually for reasons other than personal use or financial gain. First described in 1816, kleptomania is classified in psychiatry as an impulse control disorder. Some of the main characteristics of the…
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THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #86 / DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #86
THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #86 More Ash Wednesday. Cognitive Dissonance. In the field of psychology, cognitive dissonance is the perception of contradictory information and the mental toll that results from trying to process it. According to this theory, when two actions or ideas are not psychologically consistent with each other,…
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THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #85 / DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #85
THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #85 Dirt and Sticks In my opinion, the worst day of the liturgical year is Ash Wednesday. I will likely scandalize some by what I am about to write, but let me state for the record that I do not like Ash Wednesday. Why, one asks? …
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