I had not really thought about doing a post on father’s day until late Sunday afternoon. I had returned from walking the dog with two of my three young children. (The third was at a birthday party.) As I was looking in my...
Read More(I would like to dedicate this post to my Dad, who took the time to teach me the faith and who helped me to understand and accept the love of the One from Whom his own fatherhood took its name.) The commandment to “honor your...
Read MoreAt this week’s meeting of the USCCB, the Conference voted 171 to 26 in favor of drafting a Catholic Pastoral Reflection tentatively titled: “Catholic Reflections on Work, Poverty, and a Broken Economy.” The...
Read MoreOver at National Review Online, George Weigel has put up a blog post, “Don’t Know Much about Theology…”. In it, he criticizes a number of things. I will highlight these and say a brief word about them;...
Read MoreEzekiel 17:22-24 Psalm 92 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 Mark 4:26-34 Ezekiel, the Psalmist, and the author of the Gospel of Mark each invoke the image of a large tree as a symbol of the flourishing of God’s presence among the...
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