Feast of the Baptism of the Lord ~ January 13, 2013 Is 42:1-4,6-7; Ps 29:1-2,3-4,9-10; Acts 10:34-38; Lk 3:15-16, 21-22 The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is a fascinating feast. What exactly are we celebrating? Scripture...
Read MoreSeveral of us who read or contribute to this website just returned from the annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics for 2013. For many Christian ethicists, I hear that this is their favorite conference–not only...
Read MoreI live in Long Beach, NY. It is a wonderful, vibrant, diverse and eclectic community on a barrier island of New York devastated by Super-Storm Sandy. For the past three months, I have been displaced living with family and...
Read MoreIs 60:1-6 Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13 Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6 Mt 2:1-12 This Sunday we celebrate Epiphany, a word which literally means “manifestation.” On this day, we celebrate the manifestation of Jesus as the incarnate...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreYou could teach a whole semester-long class on moral theology through the lens of Les Miserables, Victor Hugo’s epic examination of “the miserable”–the downtrodden and forgotten part of society. The novel...
Read MoreThanks to my friends at the Catholic Peace Fellowship, I spent my Advent being reminded of many of the great insights of Dorothy Day. (“Like” their Facebook page for a stream of great classic pieces.) In particular,...
Read MoreBefore reviewing the major “events” of 2012 in moral theology, I would hasten to point out that the most important challenges faced may not be any of these. In the long run, the economic and environmental challenges faced by the...
Read MoreThe debate about the fiscal cliff is the latest Federal political crisis which is a product of a deeper problem: a vicious circle of the American public’s failure to meaningfully participate in how we order our common...
Read MoreIn 1999, when I began teaching at St. Louis University, my students were a mix of Catholics and Protestants. When asked about their faith, a few would say that they were “raised x but questioning,” but most...
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