Acts 5:12-16 Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 Rev 1:9-11A, 12-13, 17-19 John 20:19-31 “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my fingers into the nailmarks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” In his doubt and in his demand for tangible evidence that Jesus had indeed risen from the dead, Thomas sounds very Read more
Lectionary #30 Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15 1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12 Luke 13:1-9 Repent! It is a word that is out of fashion. It is a command that conjures images of a crazy person wearing a sandwich board sign that reads “The End is Near!” It is a word that many of us do not take seriously or apply to ourselves with any Read more
Like many of the contributors to catholicmoraltheology.com, I recently attended the Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics in Chicago. For me, one of the highlights of the conference was a presentation by Bridget Burke Ravizza and Paul Wadell entitled “Beyond the Impasse: Catholicism, Community, and Reproductive Health Care.” The catalyst for the presentation was an incident in Green Bay, Wisconsin Read more
The Promotion of Peace (Chapter 11 of the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church) It is worth noting that the chapter in the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church that addresses issues of war and peace is entitled “The Promotion of Peace”. The title emphasizes the vocation of the church and all Christians to be peacemakers. It is Read more
Zep 3:14-18 Is 12:2-3,4,5-6 Phil 4:4-7 Lk 3:10-18 “Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice!” As I struggled with the question of how it might be possible to rejoice even in the midst of suffering, my mind returned again and again to my experience of “Superstorm Sandy.” I live in a town on the north shore of Long Read more
Isaiah 53:10-11 Psalm 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 Hebrews 4:14-16 Mark 10:35-45 When I was in college, the Jesuit who was in charge of the Sunday liturgies decided that lectors would no longer say “The Word of the Lord” at the conclusion of readings. Instead, we would say, “The Word of God.” We were told that “Lord” was too hierarchical – a Read more
Proverbs 9:1-6 Psalm 67: 2-3, 5, 6, 8 Ephesians 5:15-20 John 6:51-58 In his book, Becoming Friends, Paul Wadell tells a funny story about the theologian Stanley Hauerwas who was visiting Chicago to give a lecture in the 1980’s about the USCCB’s pastoral letter The Challenge of Peace. Hauerwas had expressed his disappointment that the bishops had stopped short of calling Read more
The dust-up over the “Doctrinal Assessment of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious” by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) provides an opportune moment to consider deeper questions about the nature and role of conscience. It seems to me that one of the questions at the heart of this controversy is whether acting in conscience is primarily about being Read more
This past week, I found myself considering the feasibility of constructing a spider hole as a handy way to avoid hearing or reading or saying anything more about abortion or contraception or religious freedom for a while. The Obama administration’s recent HHS exemption decision (you know about this unless you have been in your own spider hole) had combined with the announcement Read more
I spoke at an event marking the celebration of World Food Day a few weeks ago. Although the name might conjure images of an international food bazaar in your local market or cafeteria, it’s actually an occasion to take account of how well (or poorly) the global community is meeting the great challenge of feeding the world’s growing human population. Unfortunately, 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
