Ethics after Easter
May 1, 2011–Second Sunday of Easter Acts 2:42-47; Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31 “Peace be with you!” When I say this greeting, which Jesus shares with his hiding disciples, in class to my...
Read MorePosted by Tobias Winright | Apr 26, 2011 | Lectionary |
May 1, 2011–Second Sunday of Easter Acts 2:42-47; Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31 “Peace be with you!” When I say this greeting, which Jesus shares with his hiding disciples, in class to my...
Read MorePosted by Meghan Clark | Apr 26, 2011 | Current Events, From the Field |
What would Jesus Cut? Arguing that the budget is a moral document, Rev Jim Wallis and Sojourners magazine has embarked on an admirable and controversial campaign to protect our social safety net. Wallis and his colleagues just...
Read MorePosted by Jana Bennett | Apr 26, 2011 | Current Events |
One of the complaints that people sometimes make about Catholic social teachings is that they don’t seem very related to “real life.” For example, the Catholic social tradition often discusses fairness in wages...
Read MorePosted by Charles Camosy | Apr 25, 2011 | Current Events |
The message was clear. It was to be a humanitarian intervention only: But history is filled with examples of military interventions so justified–the logic of which eventually leads to unintended consequences. Indeed,...
Read MorePosted by Jana Bennett | Apr 21, 2011 | Lectionary |
As I was participating in tonight’s Holy Thursday mass, I remembered that Thomas Aquinas wrote one of the great hymns that we sing today – Pange Lingua. This patron saint of ours was a very intimidating person, in...
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