Apologies for the blog silence – I did hope to post Part II yesterday, but Part II ended up being too long (as you might imagine). So this post only deals with one ‘point of collusion’ as I mentioned in Part I and is...
Read MoreI just finished my ninth New Wine, New Wineskins Symposium this past weekend. I missed the very first one because I was on my honeymoon and have not missed one since. Over the past several years, we have invited a senior...
Read MoreThe following post is also part of a Book Roundtable at patheos.com on Matthew Levering’s new book, The Betrayal of Charity. For this and other posts, please go to the Roundtable. St. John tells us that “There is no fear...
Read MoreToday marks the feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori (1696- 1787), founder of the Redemptorist order, patron saint of moral theologians, bishop, and doctor of the Church (not bad for one lifetime!). Liguori lived an incredibly rich...
Read MoreOr maybe not – at least, not in the way people might expect… I’m sure some readers have noticed a distinct, and perhaps surprising, lack of discussion about Catholic teachings against artificial contraception since this blog...
Read MoreReflections for July 31, 2011 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Is 55:1-3; Ps 145: 8-9, 15-16, 17-18; Rom 8:35, 37-39; Mt 14:13-21 The theme of feeding is impossible to miss in this Sunday’s readings. It is also difficult to...
Read MoreWhen it comes to providing solutions to particular political dilemmas, there is always room for disagreement among honest and sincere Christians, and everyone else involved for that matter. Thus, the short answer to my question...
Read MoreOver the course of the past century, “spree killings” committed by and directed toward civilians have become a regular part of our social world. It seems that we have developed a discrete category for them in our...
Read MoreWhat I write here may seem so obvious that it shouldn’t need to be stated; however, an acquaintance on Facebook asked in his status update, “Where are all the moderate Christians denouncing the extremist Christian...
Read MoreAm I my sister’s keeper? Am I my brother’s keeper? I have always found it interesting that when that phrase appears in popular media, it almost always is used in the same way as Scripture – as a deflection for...
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