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This is a guest post by Christian H of The Thinking Grounds, and is appearing here as part of our symposium on Loving Parishioners in their Particularity – discussing how the church community can focus its approach on serving people in different life circumstances.In the US, about 3 to 5% of people—averaged over age, sex, etc.—have depression, and about 17% will have depression or have had depression. (I’m not American, but I imagine the statistics are comparable in most WEIRD countries.) … [Read more...]
Loving Parishioners in their Particularity [Symposium Index]
October 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
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Kat Fernandez of The Crescat wrote recently about the experience of feeling ignored by the church as a single mother. Especially during the Synod on the family, she felt invisible, except, sometimes as a warning: Single parents work all day, and spend all evening taking care of our children, so we don’t have the time or resources to rally on our own behalf; in fact, we shouldn’t have to. We shouldn’t be protesting and writing articles on the internet about how we’ve gotten overlooked yet again. … [Read more...]
Going Beyond Commandments of No to Vocations of Yes
September 7, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I had the privilege of being the lector for the second reading at Mass today, which is from the Letter to the Romans: Brothers and sisters: Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; you shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not covet, ” and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love do … [Read more...]
Recursion on the Road to Emmaus
May 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I find today's Mass readings particularly wonderful, for reasons that I think are plenty enjoyable for non-Christians, too. In this selection of Luke's Gospel, we hear about the experience of two of the disciples who are travelling on the way to Emmaus. They are joined by a third traveler, who seems ignorant of the recent death of Jesus in Jerusalem. The two disciples explain what has happened, including the rumors that their teacher's body is missing. And then... And he said to them, “Oh, h … [Read more...]
Peter’s Errors Make Him My Favorite
March 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
During the homily this past Sunday on the Transfiguration of Christ, I thought the priest was being a little unfair to the disciples on the mountain. Here's the part of the story the priest was explaining: Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with … [Read more...]
Following Christ Out of the Cave
February 18, 2014 by 1 Comment
Last weekend, while I was in New Haven, I had the pleasure of getting to hear a hymn I particularly liked at Mass and got a bit verklempt while singing it. Somehow, I'd misremembered just enough of the lyrics of Marty Haugen's "Awake, O Sleeper" that I hadn't been able to track it down on Google, til I got a refresher. (Humming it brokenly at people had done no good either). Here are the lyrics of the chorus: Awake, O sleeper. Arise from death. Abandon the shadows of the night. The wind of … [Read more...]
The Lingering Sensations of Epiphany
January 8, 2014 by Leave a Comment
My first Christmas as a Catholic followed swiftly on the heels of my conversion, and I was already arranging flights for interviews for my California job before the season was over, so, this year, I've appreciated getting to experience more of the feasts that come thick and fast after December 25th. This past Monday was the Feast of the Epiphany which celebrates the revelation of God as Man and whose readings focus on the visitation by the Magi. Naturally, at Mass, we sang "We Three Kings," w … [Read more...]
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