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.

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.

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

by Dani Clark

Oct 2, 2018

Soul Seeing: For many of us, Catholicism is our marrow. Some people pontificate on how weird it all is, but you can't help being astonished and grateful for all this rainbowness in your life.

God is the ocean in which we all swim

by Patrick T. Reardon

Sep 18, 2018

Soul Seeing: Things happen in life, good and bad. Good things happen to bad people. Bad things happen to good people. Life isn't fair as anyone knows who has come to the realization, as humans must, that we are born to die. You and I live under a death sentence.

Bishop Morrie resigns from diocese amid tears

by Michael Leach

Sep 4, 2018

Soul Seeing: On Sunday, Aug. 19, Morrie, my classmate from Mundelein Seminary, announced to his congregation that he had submitted a letter of resignation to Pope Francis.

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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

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

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