About Margaret Blume

Margaret Blume graduated from Yale University in 2010 with a degree in Humanities. She received a Masters of Theological Studies from the University of Notre Dame in 2013 and is currently pursuing a doctorate at Notre Dame in historical theology.

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"Be Perfect"

In his reflections on February 23rd’s Gospel reading from the Sermon on... read more

Compassion in the Face of Force

For Simone Weil, justice is primarily an act of paying attention,... read more

The Ear of the Heart

A friend recently gave me the autobiography of a Benedictine nun at... read more

Longing, Communion, and the Great Gatsby

Like most of us, I read The Great Gatsby in high school,... read more

The Peace of Christ and Our Cosmic Battle

The Beinecke Rare Books library at Yale surprisingly has Thomas More’s... read more

Does Everything Happen for a Reason?

Everything happens for a reason. Some things are meant to be. These... read more

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