Soul Seeing

Michael Leach and friends write about seeing God, the world and ourselves with the eye of the soul. Each column is a spiritual reflection on the beauty that hides behind appearances and the peace that is beyond all understanding.

Jesus loved imperfect people

by William O'Malley

Nov 27, 2018

Our ideas of holiness are so stringent that even aspiring to it seems presumptuous. What distinguishes humans is the potential to learn and to choose love, or not.

My pilgrimage to 365 churches on five continents in 365 days

by David Heimann

Nov 13, 2018

Soul Seeing: For years, a wild idea scrambled around in my head like a squirrel in an attic. I had a desire to seek out God's presence in God's sanctuaries around the world.

Breaking up is hard to do

by Tom Smith

Oct 30, 2018

Soul Seeing: In the past year, my relationship with Sugar has turned sour. Sugar and I had a compatible and mutually satisfying relationship since childhood. Like most breakups, this one includes betrayal, sadness and regret.

My immediate reaction was to back down

by Mark Redmond

Oct 16, 2018

Soul Seeing: Years ago, the Catholic Guardian Society purchased a home in my Brooklyn neighborhood with a plan to convert it to a residence for adults with developmental disabilities. My neighbors were determined to block it.

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Jesus loved imperfect people

My pilgrimage to 365 churches on five continents in 365 days

Breaking up is hard to do

My immediate reaction was to back down

There's a baby in this bath water, and we must save her

God is the ocean in which we all swim

Bishop Morrie resigns from diocese amid tears

This is why it's divine

Ambition becomes quiet passion for life

Blessed are you achievers, blessed are you duds

Lord, why am I not worthy?

Jew, Christian, Muslim: 'See the Beloved everywhere'

God is love, and God's face was looking at me for two years

Grace, human nature and my three homes

'Please ... forgive us': the story of my return to the church

Care for those in need, don't worry about 'credit'

The March for Our Lives changed me

Brace yourself: Here is the secret of happiness

Confessions of an 'in-between' Catholic

Shakespeare for your spiritual direction

Know what your duty is, do it without hesitation

The sacrament of touch

For a short while, we were Jackson's family

What I am praying when I say the Lord's Prayer

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