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.

Lord, why am I not worthy?

by Mark Etling

Jul 10, 2018

Soul Seeing: I cannot understand or agree with the words, "Lord, I am not worthy." We do not approach the table of the Lord seeking to be made worthy.

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

by Kathy Coffey

Jun 26, 2018

Soul Seeing: We've learned not to minimize our differences, but also to celebrate our commonalities. We are all seekers, yearning to see with the eye of the soul and to find the face of God through our own faiths.

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

by Marion Amberg

Jun 12, 2018

Soul Seeing: Amy's mind was diseased, but her soul was whole and full of love. When she first saw me, she burst into song. "I love you ... for sentimental reasons."

Grace, human nature and my three homes

by Tom Smith

Jun 5, 2018

Soul Seeing: For a kid, the dark basement was a scary place. When my dad said, "Tom, run downstairs and get my hammer," the operative word was "run."

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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

An 86-year-old priest's 10 resolutions for the New Year

The important thing is to keep planting and not give up

Life is headed somewhere good this Advent

The good that rises when the bottom falls out of life

I know there will always be kindness

I won't pray the rosary the same way again

'Offer it up,' tee off, but don't tell anybody

My parents opened the door to the unmerited gift of grace

Construct no walls around ‘sacred space’

Was I lost and now am found? Who came looking for me?

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