Ilia Delio

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Epiphany:  What Do We See?

The name Epiphany comes from the Greek, epiphaneia, and means “appearance” or “manifestation.”  The birth of Jesus is a theophany; God has appeared in the flesh, in the person of…

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New Year’s Blog: Love, Hope and Future Life

What a year this has been!  A raging virus which continues to mutate, a volatile economy, the rise of the metaverse, the tornados of Kentucky, the wildfires of California, one…

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A Christmas Prayer

O God, during this Christmas season, help us see Your light–radiating in the tiniest grain of sand,In the fungi that grows beneath our feet, in the wildflowers and trees,–and in…

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A Short Christmas Reflection

Image credit: “Establishment of the Manger at Greccio”, Benozzo Gozzoli, 1452 + We moderns love Christmas with all the lights, gifts and good cheer of friends and family.  It has…

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“Reality Ever New” Fundraiser

Dear Friends of the Center, Today is the last Sunday before Advent. Soon we shall sing of waiting and longing for Christ’s coming, stretching our hearts into God’s promise of…

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A Thanksgiving Prayer

O God, You who are source and center of all life, We thank you for Yourself, for without You we would not be. We thank you for the elements which…

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C4C Special Announcement

November 16, 2021   Dear Friends of C4C, Life is a spontaneous flow of events, and one can never quite predict the critical points of transition or the factors that…

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Now is the Time to Change

The rapid changes of our modern world, kindled by the meteoric rise of computer technology, has created a needed space for spirituality. The fast-paced, breathless amount of information coming across…

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Change is Costly: The Power of Sanctity

Yesterday we celebrated the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi. The world knows him as the patron saint of ecology, the lover of birds and bees, and friend of the…