As I understand it, sacramentality expresses the belief that as human beings we can experience God through the “stuff” of life, and that God’s grace is made present through creation. The humble vessels of water, oil,...
Read MoreBuilding upon Beth Haile’s lectionary post for this week, I would just like to share some thoughts I’ve had regarding the way Christians think about the objects of our love in relation to God, whom we describe as...
Read MoreReflections for July 24, 2011 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2 Kings 3:5, 7-12 Rom. 8:28-30 Mt 13:44-52 or 13:44-46 What do you love most in this world? What most captures your imagination? For what would you sacrifice all that...
Read MoreAs has been widely suspected by those who follow such things, the former Archbishop of Denver, Charles Chaput, was officially announced today as the new leader of a troubled bastion of American Catholicism, the archdiocese of...
Read MoreWhy do we have a tab/category on “Lectionary”? This category includes reflections by moral theologians on weekly lectionary readings and/or on the liturgy–with particular attention to moral dimensions to or...
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