Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time I Kings 17:17-24 Psalm 30 Galatians 1:11-19 Luke 7:11-17 The readings for this Sunday invite us to think about death. I think about death quite a bit as it is, so I am wary of my tendency to read...
Read MoreI’ve had a stressful year at work. And I know that I am not alone. While certainly some of my experiences are unique (returning from maternity leave, the stress of the tenure clock, and the particulars of my institutional...
Read MoreI am writing from Creighton University, Omaha, NE, where the 59th meeting of the College Theology Society is being held. We received word that Bernard Cooke died peacefully early this morning. He would have been 91 today. I did...
Read MoreJesuit Fr. Peter Ryan, a moral theologian, has been appointed as the new head of the doctrinal committee of the USCCB. (For full disclosure, I served on committees with Fr. Ryan during his time at Mount St. Mary’s, and found him...
Read MoreI’ve been overwhelmed, mostly in a good way, by the reviews of Peter Singer and Christian Ethics: Beyond Polarization that have come out in the past several months. While generally positive about the book, there is a...
Read MoreGenesis 14:18-20 Psalm 110: 1, 2, 3, 4 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Luke 9:11b-17 At the end of today’s Gospel reading, we are left with an unmistakable image of abundance: “They all ate and were satisfied. And when the...
Read MoreYesterday my Saturday morning began (as it so often does) with the New York Times, and in what is starting to seem quite common, a cover story of a violent and public rape. This week it’s Brazil (“Public Rapes Outrage Brazil,...
Read MoreIn his editorial capacity at America magazine, Matt Malone, SJ has written this piece about the “relationship between the church and the political.” I will admit here that I was a bit surprised because I suppose I...
Read MoreProverbs 8:22-31 Ps 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Rom 5:1-5 Jn 16:12-15 The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity should be the great crescendo of the Easter Season, the culmination of the revelation of God to His people. In reality, it always...
Read MoreIt seems that every May brings with it some controversy over the selection of the commencement speaker at one or more Catholic universities. This year, Cardinal Sean O’Malley announced that he could not attend the commencement...
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