So often, we get seduced into imagining that the moral life centers on big, dramatic life-or-death decisions. Of course, when we are faced with them, those are crucial and important. But so much of the moral life passes us by...
Read MoreLast week, presidential candidate Rick Santorum defended his previous statement that he was sickened by John F. Kennedy’s famous speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association in 1960. Santorum referenced the...
Read MoreAll of us who contribute to this blog, along with a fair number of our readers, are also teachers. It can be difficult to discuss the church’s teachings on economic justice to college students who are often from more...
Read MoreSecond 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...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreDuring 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...
Read MoreLent 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...
Read MoreWelcome 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:...
Read MoreDavid 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...
Read MoreOver 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...
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