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 students, they initially are caught off guard and aren’t sure how to respond. Some automatically respond, “And also with you.” Others almost do so. Indeed, Read more
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 completed a Lenten fast for hunger and poverty demonstrating their commitment through an organized collection of religious, political and personal activities. While the ubiquitous What Read more
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 and the concept of “decent work”. Of course, the term “just wage” is hotly debated, as is “decent work.” What would it mean to have a just wage? How Read more
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, since the intervention we have seen that Western support of the rebels was apparently not carefully considered…and might have even resulted in the arming of certain “flickers of Al Qaeda.” Read more
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 more ways than one, wasn’t he? Augustine is another one who wrote some amazing homilies, clearly tagged for non-ivory-tower audiences. It’s rather unfortunate, I Read more
A new monthly publication from the Liturgical Press (a service of the Benedictine monks of St. John’s Abbey, of which I am an oblate): Give Us This Day that I thought our blog readers and/or contributors might be interested in. The idea is to provide resources to help connect the liturgy to daily life. Here’s how they describe it: A new, personal Read more
Interesting statement of support for sister Johnson from the College Theology Society. College Theology Society Board Statement
I actually think Paul Ryan is to be commended. If he was simply worried about being reelected in Wisconsin’s fairly liberal 1st district (a democrat represented it from 1971 through 1995) he might not be proposing plans that eliminate Medicare and Medicaid as we know it. He has the courage of his convictions as a conservative who doesn’t think government is the Read more
I teach the kids class at the Church of Christ my husband and I attend, and last Sunday, we covered the crucifixion. The kids, who are 4 and 5, have been really fascinated all through Lent with Jesus’ death, and perhaps unsurprisingly, most of our kid-level picture Bibles do not provide the sort of details about Jesus’ passion and death to satisfy Read more
Today is a holiday in Boston as the whole city gathers together to support thousands of runners in the world’s oldest annual marathon. Today’s Boston Marathon, the city’s 115th, is particularly special because its winner, Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya, set a world record in his first official marathon ever (although, due to the strong tail winds, Mutai’s record won’t be recognized as Read more
Saturday Morning: 8:00 am
Saturday Vigil: 4:30 pm
Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:45 am,
12:30 pm, 5:30 pm
Saturday Vigil: 6:15pm
Sunday: 9:00am, 7:15pm
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 8:30 am
