My latest over at The Catholic Weekly: This is one of Jesus’ parables of Judgment (it will be followed by the much more famous and easy-to-understand Parable of the Talents and the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats). And it is placed in Matthew’s gospel during Holy Week as the preface to his anointing by Mary of Bethany (involving oil, by the way) and followed hard by the events of the Passion just two days later. ”So what?” you... Read more
So the other day, the readings concerned Jesus’ warning about the unforgivable sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit: And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Be-elzebul, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.” And he called them to him, and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against... Read more
There’s nobody on the planet like Rod Bennett. I love him so much. Give him a listen: There’s more where that came from. Read more
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have answered right;... Read more
One pattern I find mysterious is the Christian offended by Trump enough to leave the GOP, but who still spends the bulk of his time pettifogging in his defense. These are the ones who refrain delicately from supporting him, yet will not get their dainty fingers dirty fighting him, and who spend most of their time ringing the changes on “Well, you have to admit that mean liberals forced conservatives to embrace him. Everybody is equally guilty when you think... Read more
This remark … and the response of Destiny Herndon de la Rosa of the ardently prolife New Wave Feminists: Good for NARAL Pro-Choice America. I say that with complete sincerity. How sad that they are better at being pro-life than we are, in this instance. …reminds me of an oldie but goodie: Here’s the thing: the Church teaches that human life is sacred from conception to natural death. But the Christianist “prolife” supporter of Trump’s brutality to children is devoted to... Read more
You’re at a party. A pretty girl walks up to you and says, “So. Where was your house located 240 million years ago?” And you have no idea. She looks at you in disgust and pity. Somebody standing nearby whirls around, points at you, laughs like Nelson Muntz and says, “What a maroon! What an ignoranimous!” Your cheeks burn with shame and you think, “It’s happened again!” Well, no more, citizen! NO MORE! Thanks to Ian Webster, you can now... Read more
If you are fine with this then there is something wrong with you. Read more
Yet another member of the Party of Personal Responsibility explains why mean Lefties are making her support a lying con man who kidnaps children and cages them away from their parents out of pure, vindictive, sadistic, spiteful cruelty. She just has to because the enemy of her enemy is her friend. The whole world has to organize around the hurt feels of offended white people. News flash: There is not, in fact, moral parity between people who support Trump because... Read more
This is like a really funny and really horrifying episode of Doctor Who. The moment the scene scene shifts from absurd and weird banter among the robot friend to the smiling mouth full of secret soup is where we cut to the Doctor Who title sequence: Read more
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