“He rebuked the wind and said to the waves, Peace. Be still. Suddenly the wind stopped and there was a great calm. Then He asked them Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith? Mark 4: 38-40 My boys loved it when I read the story of Jesus calming the sea to them when they were little. We would stand up and say “the waves went up!!” then drop to our seats and say “the waves went down!!.”... Read more
But God says to the wicked: “Why bother reciting my decrees and pretending to obey my covenant? For you refuse my discipline and treat my words like trash. When you see thieves, you approve of them, and you spend your time with adulterers. Your mouth is full of wickedness and your tongue is full of lies. You sit around and slander your brother. Psalm 50: 16 – 20a Louisiana’s legislature recently passed a law requiring the public schools in that state... Read more
July 1, 2024. That’s the day the Supreme Court killed American democracy and replaced it with an absolute dictatorship. Nothing changed for us on that day. People who understand the ruling are rocking and rolling. Some of them are probably dusting off their passports and wondering if there’s a corner of the globe to which they can escape if the worst happens and Trump wins next November. But most people didn’t even look around and go “what was the that?”... Read more
Looking at America’s Catholic bishops from far outside and with zero insider information, I can say that they appear to be split into two camps. One camp, the ascendant and apparently controlling group, are the buddies — dare I say operatives? — of the billionaire Neo Nazis who are doing a pretty effective job of destroying American democracy. You might call them the lions. The other camp, the gobsmacked, blithering, can’t-quite-figure-out-that-they-are-nose-to-nose-with-evil-incarnate group, are the bishops who still think that the... Read more
The Vatican’s most visible attack dog for the billionaire-funded Neo Nazi right has been excommunicated for schism. Vigano, who was once the Papal Nuncio to the United States has made quite a career for himself by firing off missives re-stating standard right wing talking points on Vatican stationery. A strong backer of Donald Trump, whom wrote campaign endorsement letters for, Vigano also repeatedly attacked Pope Francis, calling him just about every evil name a Catholic priest can call another Catholic... Read more
All my life, the 4th of July has been a happy, almost frivolous, holiday. When I was a child, parents bought tons of firecrackers and we kids played with them for days leading up to the 4th. We put them under cans and blew the cans sky high. We put them in the ends of pipes to get the big echoing noise that produced. We put a lot of them under an overturned container loaded with sand from our sandpile... Read more
One of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out. John 19: 34 I can’t provide an erudite theological understanding of the Sacred Heart. In fact, the Sacred Heart as a concept has always confused me. I know that Jesus’ heart was pierced by a soldier’s sword after He died on the Cross and a mixture of blood and water flowed out of it. I have read that this break down of blood... Read more
You don’t have to agree with Joe Biden’s politics to feel compassion for him as he faces another tragedy in his life. In this day and age, so many of us can recognize our own family in the tragedy of drug addiction which overtook his son Hunter. Many of us have known the suffering of watching someone we love get sucked down the hole of that raw evil. I have watched helplessly while someone I love destroyed their life with... Read more
Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the world.” Jesus Christ Jesus gave the Apostles an explicit mission statement. Go. Make disciples of ALL nations. Baptize them in the name of the Father and the... Read more
President Biden’s son Hunter Biden is on trial right now. This is a federal trial which the federal Justice Department is prosecuting. If Joe Biden was into “rigging” trials, then why didn’t he stop the government from prosecuting his own son? So, did Joe Biden “weaponize” the Department of Justice to “rig” Donald Trump’s criminal conviction of 34 election-interference felonies? The moment the jury foreman said “guilty” 34 times, the well-orchestrated cacophony of right wing sturm und drang began. I... Read more
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