Getty Center, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The readings for the Second Sunday of Lent can be found here. Our first reading today from the book of Genesis is one of the most famous in Scripture. The story of Abraham...
Read More(Image above: The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew, 1308-1311, by Duccio di Buoninsegna. This image is in the public domain.) Readings for the Third Sunday of Ordinary Time During these early weeks of Ordinary Time, we...
Read MoreReadings for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1: Am 7:12-15 Responsorial Psalm Ps. 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14 Reading 2: Eph 1:3-14 or 1:3-10 Gospel: Mk 6:7-13 The Psalm for this Sunday contains familiar words:...
Read MoreThose Catholic moral theologians who know the history of their field will no doubt have heard of the manualist tradition. Manuals, the guides developed through the years for priests hearing confession, are often examined as...
Read MoreLent is here again! Most of us are a full week into our self-selected Lenten resolution(s) and are finding out just how easy or difficult they are for us to manage. And, like every year, people have chimed in with their...
Read MoreAt a recent conference, someone commented that one task of today’s theologian is to review Vatican II and the implementations and other changes made in the years following this council. Among these changes was one that...
Read MoreDespite the constancy of the faith throughout two millennia, Christianity is always being adapted to the present age, usually with some difficulty, debate, and struggle. Catholic history presents us with so many examples of this...
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