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When the handicapped are locked away in institutions, terrible damage is done to their hearts and spirits. A wounded body will heal naturally, but not a wounded heart. A wounded heart will harden, just to survive, and then fill up with anger and bitterness. But when the handicapped are taken out of institutions where they […]

Peace is not just the absence of war or dissension. Nor is it simple harmony. True peace is not the same as tranquillity. Tranquillity is external. Peace is essentially internal. Peace is a state of inner calm and designates right relations with God and with others. Peace in this complete sense, a peace which surpasses […]

Brian Keenan spent four years as a hostage in Lebanon. Later he wrote: It is only when we reach out beyond ourselves to embrace, to understand, and to finally overcome the suffering of another that we become whole in ourselves. We are enlarged and enriched as another’s suffering reveals us to ourselves, and we reach […]

Knowing is particularly important for carers. Carers need to know those for whom they care. To know their names is a good start. But to really know them is to know their life stories. Unless the carers know something about the world from which their clients come, and to which they return, those clients will […]