--- title: Essays – Church Life Journal (4) description: (4) --- Search [![churchlife](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Churchlife_Aug2016_Theme/Images/church-life-journal-white-horizontal-1.png)](http://churchlife.nd.edu/) - [Essays](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays) - [Articles](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles) - [Blog](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post) - [Contributors](http://churchlife.nd.edu/contributors/) All posts filed under: ESSAYS [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Fagerberg-1.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/2016/03/07/asceticism-as-healing-art) ## [Asceticism as Healing Art](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/2016/03/07/asceticism-as-healing-art) Published by [David Fagerberg](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/author/david-fagerberg) Healing takes many different forms because it is a response to many different kinds of threats. A cut and a broken leg are each healed differently because the damage is different; nevertheless, the same end is sought in both cases. The root of the word “heal” in old English (*haelan*) means to cure, to save, to make whole, sound, and well. That must further explain why we can apply the word metaphor... Share - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [March 07, 2016](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/2016/03/07/asceticism-as-healing-art) [Theology](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/topic/theology) / [Essays](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/topic/essays) / [asceticism](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/topic/asceticism) / [Desert Fathers](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/topic/desert-fathers) / [davidfagerberg](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/topic/davidfagerberg) [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Pip-1-crop.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/2016/03/07/palliative-care-and-dignity) ## [Palliative Care and Dignity](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/2016/03/07/palliative-care-and-dignity) Published by [Phillipa Knaggs](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/author/phillipa-knaggs) To be healed does not mean to be cured. Cure restores a former state of being, an expected state, a comfortable state. Medical treatment and prayers for miracles of cure are powerful and sometimes effective. Healing, however, encompasses a much greater and deeper change in someone’s life. Cure may be part of this, but is not a necessary part. Healing opens up a new life, a new way of understanding... 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First of all because our vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience might rule us out us as plausible male figures. Poverty and obedience suggest that we are irresponsible people, fleeing the ordinary burdens of manhood, such as having a job, acquiring a home, taking de... 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The acceptance of this light is no more automatic than the acceptance of the most effulgent light of all, the Light of light who came into the world and shone in the darkness. When John says in the fourth Gospel that “the world knew him not” (Jn 1:10), he doesn’t mean ... 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