Word: christiane
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Yesterday was Easter, the day that marks the end of the 40-day season of Lent. For Christians, Easter commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. On this day, they believe, three days after his crucifixion on Good Friday, Jesus rose from the dead. Easter is the holiest day of the year for Christians.In this season of Lent, I was reminded of the absence of visible Christian faith at Harvard. As secular student organizations across campus planned Passover seders last week, there was at best little talk of Easter celebration, and at worst disrespect. Last Tuesday, Harvard?...
...through him that Heather became familiar with the organization. Its central tenet that people should find sanctity in their everyday lives resonated with her. "I grew up my whole life where you do whatever you want during the week, and then on Sunday you're a Christian," she explains. "A lot of people don't live their faith every day. But with Opus Dei, you don't compartmentalize. You try to live your virtues." In the early 1990s, Heather and Jim joined as supernumeraries, members who live in their homes rather than in Opus Dei residences...
...more complicated. Recently, on the 16th floor of the New York headquarters, 40 men did a guided contemplation. Two-thirds were visitors, some "meeting the Work" for the first time. While they sat, eyes closed, an Opus member intoned questions for them to ponder. "Do I realize that Christian life means finding and following Christ closely, no matter what the cost?" he asked: "Am I waging a generous inner struggle?" "Do I find in my work many opportunities for small sacrifices?" "Do I restrain my curiosity...
FESTEN DAVID ELDRIDGE Family get-togethers are hardly rare on Broadway, but rarely are they so disorienting or ominous as this one is. It's not just the revelation about sexual abuse that son Christian lays on the guests at his father's 60th-birthday party but also the eerie nonreaction to it--the way the placid surface of programmed jollity barely ripples. That, along with the stark, almost abstract staging by director Rufus Norris, gives this London import (an adaptation of the Danish film The Celebration) the hollow, haunted feel of Samuel Beckett, not Arthur Miller. With a strong...
...harmony among the different religious traditions. In the last 20, 30 years, I made these two commitments whenever I had the opportunity. As far as the promotion of religious harmony is concerned, I think I made some contribution, at least between the Tibetan Buddhist community and our Christian brothers and sisters. I think we have very good, close understanding. For example, there are many Christian practitioners now showing their respect and understanding about Buddhist concepts, as there is among Buddhists now an appreciation of Christian contribution for the betterment of the world and humanity...