Second Sunday of Lent March 4, 2012 Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Ps 116:10, 15, 16-17, 18-19; Rom 8:31b-34; Mk 9:2-10 The binding of Isaac has been the source of centuries of moral consternation. And as we continue our Lenten journey, this story of sacrifice can leave us wondering about the depths of surrender required to be true people of faith. How Read more
The National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) dedicates the last week of February every year as Eating Disorder Awareness Week. During this week of awareness-raising, NEDA encourages everybody to do just one thing to fight against eating and body image disorders: “Distribute info pamphlets and put up posters, write one letter for Media Watchdogs, register as a Volunteer Speaker or host a Volunteer Read more
During the past 24 hours or so, Mirror of Justice has been all over an article which recently appeared in the respected Journal of Medical Ethics titled ‘After-Birth Abortion: Why Should the Baby Live?’ The article has a fairly straightforward thesis–one which is not new, but is not currently supported by many people. Here it is in a nutshell: if we can Read more
Lent is my favorite time of the liturgical year! Perhaps it is because of my attraction to contemplative monastic life, and St. Benedict ‘s claim that “the life of a monk ought to be a continuous Lent” (RB 49:1). But it also feels to me like a time where we are in tune with not only the liturgical calendar but also the Read more
Welcome to Lent. If you are like me, you have probably been hearing the question, “So, what are you giving up for Lent?” I hope to change that question with this post. The question I want to ask you is this: “What penance are you doing this Lent?” Perhaps the difference isn’t all that great, or it resides too much in my Read more
David Brooks is becoming must-readable these days. Yesterday he had a column in the New York Times which, invoking the Harvard-grad and budding Asian-American NBA superstar Jeremy Lin, made the bold claim that, “The moral ethos of sport is in tension with the moral ethos of faith, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim.” You see, Jeremy Lin is trying to be explicitly religious Read more
Over the past three weeks, we have seen a firestorm concerning the question of whether not contraceptive methods approved by the FDA are or are not properly a matter of healthcare. Over the past three weeks, we have seen amazing unity within the Catholic community in response to a clear over-reach by the Administration. (A few months ago, I wrote on this Read more
Lectionary 80 Is 43:18-19, 21-22, 24b-25 Ps 41:2-3, 4-5, 13-14 2 Cor 1:18-22 Mk 2:1-12 The gospel reading for this week challenges us to see faith as something more than an individual act of belief. The Catechism tells us that “Faith is a personal act . . . But faith is not an isolated act. No one can believe alone, just as Read more
It is no secret that the medical establishment will do things that push the boundaries of ethics in order to get more organs. From the Harvard Brain Death Commission claiming that living human bodies with homeostasis can be described as “dead”, to a 2009 Nature editorial which called for harvesting organs before brain death given that it is not a “clear, unambiguous Read more
Word that the bishops are rejecting the Obama administration compromise on the HHS mandate means further conversations. DotCommonweal has a great update, but the comment thread made me think that before we Catholics devolve into the usual, unfortunate camps, I want to highlight three lessons that the events up to now should invite us as moral theologians to develop further: One, the 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
