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Volume I · No. 1

Eastertide MMXXVI

Presence+

Making People Present to Each Other and Their God

Divine Mercy University

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Under Temperance

Humility

Freedom from pride and arrogance; accurate self-assessment; lowliness before God; receptivity

In the news — Humility

A Humble Worker at Seventy-Eight: Benedict's Act of Faith

When Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected pope on April 19, 2005, he was the oldest man chosen for the office in nearly three centuries. His first words to the world were not a program of governance but a public act of trust.

faith: 97Jul 1, 2005

The General Who Stood Down: Gorbachev and the Wisdom of Restraint

In the autumn of 1989, Mikhail Gorbachev faced a choice that his own generals believed had only one answer. His refusal to reach for Soviet tanks may be the clearest modern example of prudence operating under enormous institutional pressure.

prudence: 93Jul 1, 1989