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December 09, 2019
St. Martin de Porres, 1579-1639, Patron of Hairdressers and Race Relations
Around August every year migrant workers of Mexican descent find work in Wisconsin cherry orchards....
December 08, 2019
St. Ambrose, Reluctant Bishop of Milan
A provincial governor in fourth-century Italy, Ambrose was drafted to serve as bishop before he...
December 07, 2019
Offertory vs. Preparation of the Gifts: When does the Offering of the Mass happen?
The second main part of the Mass, the Liturgy of the Eucharist, begins with what...
December 06, 2019
Preeminent is Not the Same as Most Urgent
Ranking abortion and climate change The American bishops, meeting in Baltimore recently, decided not to...
December 01, 2019
Charles de Foucauld and “A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals”
Today is for beginnings. It’s the first day of Advent, which begins the Church’s liturgical...
November 2019
November 26, 2019
The Creed, Entering God’s Dangerous World
God is in the process of creating a new world in the midst of the...
November 13, 2019
The Creed, a Story Not an Essay
Between the Liturgy of the Word (see this post) and the next main part of...
November 08, 2019
Could this be the Most Anti-life Deed?
Trump begins withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement On June 1, 2017, Donald Trump announced that...
November 04, 2019
Liturgical Reform and This Series amid Contrary Views
You can tell from these posts on the Mass that I view the liturgical reform...
November 01, 2019
The Liturgy of the Word: More than Listening
The first of the two main parts of the Mass is a sharing of God’s...
October 2019
October 29, 2019
Introductory Rites: “Please, Stand for Some Important Work”
Imagine you are a visitor from space finding yourself in a Catholic church during Sunday...
October 26, 2019
The Mass — Is it still the Same?
If you’re a traditionalist Catholic looking at the modern Mass, you might think the liturgical...
October 22, 2019
If Not Women Priests, then Women Cardinals
Bad and better arguments for male-only priesthood, but no reason to keep women out of...
October 14, 2019
Ministries Appropriate to the Amazon and the First Territorial Synod
Austin Ivereigh, in a Commonweal article makes much of the fact that the Synod for...
October 11, 2019
Ezra and Nehemiah vs. Jonah and Ruth – Identity Wars Then and Now
For any group that wishes to stand apart from the rest, identity is a major...
October 08, 2019
The Amazon Synod Opening Day and Fighting Fires in Amazonia and within the Church
The Synod of Bishops for the Amazon opened Sunday with a Mass and a call...
October 04, 2019
Season of Creation Segues to Amazon Synod with Pope’s Tree Planting
The timing couldn’t have been better for me. Got up for morning prayer on the...
October 02, 2019
Priests: Through Holy Orders God’s Supports Us as We Do God’s Work
The sacrament of Holy Orders is not about a separate class of Christians whom God...
September 2019
September 27, 2019
How Holy Matrimony Saves Sex
I start with the romantic notion that sex means something; it’s not just physical pleasure....
September 25, 2019
Matrimony, a Very Long Sacrament
Celebrations of Grace: The Sacraments of the Catholic Church, Part 16 The sacrament of Matrimony...
September 24, 2019
You Can Kill the Prophets, but More Effective is to Shower Praise and Do Nothing
Greta Thunberg, young Swedish climate activist, has spoken in several venues since arriving on our...
September 19, 2019
Climate Week, Many Words, and (Maybe) Action Plans
A preaching that does not point out sin is not the preaching of the gospel....
September 16, 2019
“This Page Intentionally Left Blank” and More Superfluous Words on the Feast of St. John Chrysostom
St. John Chrysostom, the “Golden Mouth,” has September 13 for his feast day. Famous for...
September 13, 2019
Anointing of the Sick Celebrates Healing, Healers, and, Most of All, People who Want to be Healed
Celebrations of Grace: The Sacraments of the Catholic Church, Part 15 Sometimes death is just...
September 11, 2019
It’s Patriot Day. What Have We Learned from 9/11?
It’s Patriot Day, the anniversary of the most horrible attack on American soil since Pearl...
September 09, 2019
Reconciliation Happens, Against All Odds
Celebrations of Grace: The Sacraments of the Catholic Church, Part 14 We often think about...
September 06, 2019
Confirmation, Support for a Journey that isn’t Nearly Complete
Celebrations of Grace: The Sacraments of the Catholic Church, Part 13 It wasn’t easy to...
September 04, 2019
Have you heard of Greta Thunberg?
I was chatting with an old acquaintance up in St. Cloud. She’s from England and...
September 02, 2019
Conversion of an Angel: Some Corporations Show it can be Done
Writing about corporations is a strange way to honor labor – unless it’s about a...
August 2019
August 30, 2019
Amazon Fires, the Churches, and the Coming Amazon Synod
Religion News Service published an article on the different ways churches are responding to the...
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