“I knew that bullets don’t have a name. “I knew that at that moment, he was ready to take my life along with his. I knew that if I didn’t say the right thing, I would be dead. “I just started praying for him. “I give it all to God.” Read more
“I knew that bullets don’t have a name. “I knew that at that moment, he was ready to take my life along with his. I knew that if I didn’t say the right thing, I would be dead. “I just started praying for him. “I give it all to God.” Read more
In one of his morning homilies a few months ago, Pope Francis talked about societies that put company profits above human dignity, or even human life. “What point have we come to?” he asked. This kind of talk disturbs cafeteria Christians on the right, just as the Church’s insistence on the fundamental right to life of all human beings and the sanctity of Holy Matrimony disturbs cafeteria Christians on the left. Each “side” of the culture wars wants the... Read more
History of Labor Day. Read more
Our corporate media lines up hard against working people. They extol the virtues of the rich and proclaim the necessity of robbing the worker in every situation, from maintaining an unequal tax structure that permits some to pile up great wealth while forcing workers to pay more than the Biblical ten percent on every loaf of bread and gallon of milk they buy. They yammer constantly about the totally fallacious “necessity” of cutting Social Security or putting it into the... Read more
Try praying this beautiful version of the Magnificat before going to bed tonight. Pleasant dreams. Read more
God calls unlikely people. He always has. What surprised these young women about their vocations? Read more
We are so blessed to the Catholic! The Church is a gift Jesus gave us to sustain and guide us until He comes again, or until we go to Him. The gym at my parish was home this summer to Catholic young people from all over the United States who came to help with the clean-up and restoration after the tornadoes last spring. They were Christ’s representatives in a hard time for people here. We are all Christ’s representatives when... Read more
Catholic social teachings have their roots in the Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes. One would think, watching this video, that every person, everywhere, would unite with all others behind these teachings. However, Catholic Social Teachings are the reason that the Church is attacked from so many quarters, including, sadly, from the pews and even from behind the altars of its own parishes. Everyone has someone they want to exploit, abuse or even kill for their own privilege. This impulse... Read more
Charley Chaplin said this at a grim time in history. It was a daring move on his part then, and it still is today. Definitely worth considering what he said then and how things have gone up to now, seventy years down the road. Read more
My husband and I went to Sunday vigil mass a couple of hours ago. We followed that with dinner in a nice restaurant. My Sabbath has begun, which means that I’m not going to blog on events in the next 24 hours unless events themselves force me to it. However, I want to leave you with a few things to think about before next week, when we take up the question of Syria in earnest. Be assured that when we do... Read more
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