{"id":691,"date":"2015-07-11T06:32:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-11T06:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/?page_id=691"},"modified":"2022-02-20T11:14:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T11:14:48","slug":"meditations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/index.php\/meditations\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy is the person who meditates on wisdom and reasons intelligently<\/em> – Sirach 14:20<\/strong><\/p>\n

How do we represent our religion? Just as a system, or as a glowing fire? – Fr. Alfred Delp SJ<\/strong><\/p>\n

As with our biographies<\/a>, most of these meditations may be downloaded for use as classroom material, campus ministry handouts, parish bulletin inserts, republication in newsletters or newspapers, or any other use other than in a book or anthrology. No fee is necessary, we ask only that the copyright at the end of each document be respected, including use of the URL.<\/p>\n

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\"450px-Paradiso_Canto_31\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Great Conversation<\/a>
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There is a common stereotype of life in the hereafter which…more<\/a><\/p>\n

(for a printable PDF version click here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\"jacob-polozov\"
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Down the Memory Hole<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

On December 9, 1924 unidentified armed men invaded the Donskoy Monastery…more<\/a><\/p>\n

(for a printable PDF version click here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\"Solovki\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Priest<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

During our historical research we sometimes find…more<\/a><\/p>\n

(for a printable PDF version click here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\"BVM<\/a><\/p>\n

All That Remains<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Paul Takashi Nagai was a Christian martyr more than once…more<\/a><\/p>\n

(for a printable PDF version click here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\"Chehel_Sotoon<\/a><\/p>\n

A Young Saint in Isfahan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

When the Islamic Revolution began in Iran…more<\/a><\/p>\n

(for a printable PDF version click here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\"Chiara
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Chiara Corbella Petrillo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is a powerful video of a young woman who…more<\/a><\/p>\n

(for a printable PDF version click here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\"Two<\/a><\/p>\n

Two Rows by the Sea<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In February 2015 the Islamic State murdered…more<\/a><\/p>\n

(for a printable PDF version click here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\"el-butrusiyya-church-2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A Warm Smoggy Sky<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Your church \/ has been attacked \/ by a suicide bomber…more<\/a><\/p>\n

(for a printable PDF version click here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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I Saw Satan Fall Like Lightning From the Sky<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This essay is named after a verse from the Gospel of Luke, in which Jesus confirms to the seventy-two disciples their authority… more<\/a><\/p>\n

(for a printable PDF version click here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

With thanks to Rod Dreher for inspiring the structure of this meditation, and for a couple of borrowed sentences.<\/p>\n

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\"Czes\u0142aw_Mi\u0142osz_2011(Lt,_detail)\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Wormwood Star<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A \u201chyper-selfish cat\u201d listens to the confession of an old man…more<\/a><\/p>\n

(for a printable PDF version click here<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy is the person who meditates on wisdom and reasons intelligently – Sirach 14:20 How do we represent our religion? Just as a system, or as a glowing fire? – Fr. Alfred Delp SJ As with our biographies, most of these meditations may be downloaded for use as classroom material, campus ministry handouts, parish bulletin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/691"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691"}],"version-history":[{"count":66,"href":"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4628,"href":"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/691\/revisions\/4628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}