Fr. Bob Wild Archives - Madonna House Apostolate

Who, Me? A Saint?
by Fr. Bob Wild

Probably many people have never heard this clear gospel message: everyone (including you, dear reader) is called to be a saint. When is the last time...

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Wrong For So Long
by Fr. Bob Wild

There are many obstacles to conversion. One of them is the difficulty of admitting even to ourselves that we may have been sinning or doing...

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Speech and Silence
by Fr. Bob Wild

Silence is a deeper reality than speech. Silence is the earth, words the foliage. Silence is the sea, words the waves on the surface. The goal...

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Yes, God Does Speak to You
by Fr. Bob Wild

How do we grow in the spiritual life? In the parable of the seed and the sower, (Mt 13:4-9, 18-23), Jesus gives us a path,...

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Living in a Time of Crisis
by Fr. Bob Wild

Wars, economic crises, the growth of the culture of death, threats to religious freedom: How does one deal in faith with all of this? I’m not...

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Have You Ever Wept Over the Crucifixion?
by Fr. Robert Wild

The far reaches of reality are beyond our apprehension and comprehension. Whether we try to look out into the infinity of space or into the...

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Do You Need to Forgive God?
by Fr. Robert Wild

I don’t recall any place in the Scriptures where this notion of forgiving God occurs. (Yes, I mean forgiving God, not God’s forgiveness of us). In...

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Prayer that Pierces the Clouds
by Fr. Bob Wild

There is a wonderful story in Martin Buber’s book, Tales of the Hasidim* about a rabbi and his disciples. They were approaching the door of...

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Night Duty
by Fr. Bob Wild

These days at Madonna House, both laymen and priests do night duty. But in my early days, it was the priest-poustiniks (those of us living...

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Ask
by Fr. Bob Wild

A childhood memory of Fr. Bob Wild, as told to Scott Eagan. It was Christmas Eve. Snow lay all about— the night sky dark, black, yet filled with pinpoints...

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