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At a time when fear is being weaponized, prudent minds and a fervent desire for truth are more needed than ever, writes Father Eugene Hemrick.

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The speed at which we live today tends to make us run when we should be walking. If not controlled, it can run us into the ground. As a counter, Father Eugene Hemrick suggests reciting a centering prayer several times a day.

Father Eugene Hemrick Do you possess a worldview? If so, what is it? The German word “Weltanschauung” means worldview. On its importance, Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911), a professor at the University of Berlin, wrote: “Human beings search for coherence of their lives. They desire a sense of the unity, their view of natural order, their understanding of human life, and their set of moral values and religious beliefs. This understanding of the whole is one’s Weltanschauung. “It is the frame of reference in which one, on the basis of a perception of the world, questions meaning and signif...

''A prudent question is one-half wisdom." This insight by English philosopher Francis Bacon possesses a fundamental principle for coping with today's disquiet: to use the power of the question. Let's examine some examples of the strength of the questions. Could much of the disunity we are experiencing be traced to tribalism? Tribalism is based on the behavior and attitudes that stem from strong loyalty to one's own tribe or social group. An article in Psychology Today says tribalism is bad when it brings people together "out of anger, jealousy and spite, not for collective well-being." And it...