Nine years ago I wrote our blog’s commentary on “sin,” which explains official church teachings from the Catechism and the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church. Since then, many contributors have...
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I wrote a piece recently for America Magazine in which I (lightly) go after Garry Wills’s...
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This Sunday’s readings may be found here at the USCCB’s website. Lectionary: 122 Joshua...
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Revelation 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab Psalm 45:10, 11, 12, 16 1 Corinthians 15:20-27 Luke 1:39-56 This...
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1 Kgs 19:4-8Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9Eph 4:30—5:2Jn 6:41-51 In this week’s readings,...
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Leviticus 25:1, 8-17 Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 7-8 Matthew 14:1-12 Working at a Jesuit university, I must...
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This Sunday’s readings may be found here at the USCCB’s website. Lectionary: 113 Exodus16:2-4,...
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In an earlier post, I looked in detail at the facts surrounding the Catholic publication The...
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In a well-known episode of the sitcom Seinfeld, the character George Costanza, when his fiancée...
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The lectionary readings for today can be found here on the USCCB website. Sgs 3:1-4b, 2 Cor...
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