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“I recall a talk I attended nearly a decade ago where the presenter stressed the importance of meeting people where they are and offering a personal witness — verbally — of how my own relationship with Christ has made a difference in my life.”

“Time, Augustine thought (in the fourth century), is not our enemy, as it often seems, but rather God’s gift. It is the container God creates for us, so that we can receive God’s life.”

“Perhaps we name in a very intentional way what it is we hope to achieve, and then make the resolution a practice that we can reasonably begin to do in our lives.”

One catch-all resolution: Go on a media diet. It plays out in several ways.

“The real question is, what is the purpose of economic success and abundance?”

“I want to propose that upon entering the season of Christmas, we become truly intentional in doing something that should be a nonnegotiable for us as believers.”

“The suffering of our neighbors becomes suffering we can help ease.”

Is this true? That was the question the longtime Vatican official discussed Dec. 14 at the Oratorians’ Santa Maria in Vallicella church in Rome.