Thoughts on the Anniversary of 9/11 by Brian Martin

Last updated on: September 13, 2011 at 7:31 pm By voxnovablog

I, like most Americans, have once again been deluged by images and commentary about the tragic events of 9/11. Discussions abound as to how best commemorate the recently passed 10th anniversary. I had been dreading that day probably because there has been, and continues to be, very little honest public reflection and discussion about the events of 9/11. Discussions tend to remain politically charged and lines clearly drawn. We talk about the human toll but limit it to Americans. Sadly,... Read more

All modern roads lead to atheism…

Last updated on: September 13, 2011 at 11:12 am By Sam Rocha

On extremes of either side of the great modern ideological divide we find atheists: on the Right live the anarcho-capitalists and Randians, libertarians who worship freedom as an end in itself; on the Left we find the smug science of the New Atheists and the vitriol of Marxists. Both sides are unapologetic secularists, it’s their religion. This fact should show, in a preliminary way, why the Church cannot be reconciled with either modern iteration. Right or Left. The Church stands... Read more

Ten years on

Last updated on: September 12, 2011 at 3:12 pm By Morning's Minion

After all that has happened in the last decade, it is sometimes hard to actually focus on the events on September 11, 2001 themselves. It is hard to recall those events for what they were, as opposed to what they later became. But it is important to remember the momentous loss of life and human suffering from a uniquely evil terrorist attack. It is important to remember the real heroes of that day. Think about Fr. Mychal Judge, the first official... Read more

A Study Of “On The Character of Men And the Virtuous Life”: Part XXXI.

Last updated on: September 12, 2011 at 12:44 pm By Henry Karlson

Introduction and Part II “Man, in so far as he is bad and unjust, is capable of killing. But God never ceases granting life even to the unworthy. Bounteous and full of goodness by nature, He willed that the world should be made and it was made. And it is made for man and his salvation.”[1] (more…) Read more

Volf and Barron on Forgiveness

Last updated on: May 3, 2017 at 7:02 pm By Brett Salkeld

When I was writing my Master’s thesis on purgatory in ecumenical dialogue, I was fortunate to stumble across the work of the evangelical scholar Mirsoslav Volf. Volf, with his elegant reflections on the Last Judgment, proved to be the perfect evangelical interlocutor for the Catholic doctrine of purgatory. I sometimes joke that he wrote my fourth chapter for me. One of the many gems from Volf that made it into my thesis was this one, on the meaning of forgiveness:... Read more

God Our Mother and 9/11

Last updated on: September 10, 2011 at 12:06 pm By Nathan O'Halloran, SJ

I’ve recently pulled together some references by recent popes to God as our Mother. My purpose for doing so is that for whatever reason, I’ve always been squeamish about referencing God as Mother, and so it has only been with some humility and struggle that I have come to accept the use of this image in prayer. I of course attribute no gender to God. God is neither male nor female. Also, according to the understanding of analogical concepts held... Read more

A Brief Commentary On Peter Lombard’s Discussion of the Filioque. Part II.

Last updated on: September 10, 2011 at 5:00 am By Henry Karlson

Part I Distinction XI.[1] Chapter 2 (38) 1. THAT THE GREEKS AGREE WITH US AS TO THE MEANING, EVEN THOUGH THEY DIFFER IN REGARD TO THE WORDS. But it is not be known that the Greeks confess the Holy Spirit to be of the Son, just as he is of the Father, because the Apostle too says: The Spirit of the Son, and Truth affirms in the Gospel: The Spirit of truth. But since for the Holy Spirit to be... Read more

Collective bargaining rights extend to the public sector too

Last updated on: September 8, 2011 at 3:45 pm By Morning's Minion

Many on the Catholic right have argued that Church teachings on the right to form and join unions really only apply to the private sector. This is a misinterpretation without foundation. As the US bishops wrote clearly in their Labor Day message: “There have been some efforts, as part of broader disputes over state budgets, to remove or restrict the rights of workers to collective bargaining as well as limit the role of unions in the workplace. Bishops in Wisconsin,... Read more

A Brief Commentary On Peter Lombard’s Discussion of the Filioque. Part I.

Last updated on: September 8, 2011 at 11:58 am By Henry Karlson

Distinction XI.[1] Chapter 1 (37). 1. THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT PROCEEDS FROM THE FATHER AND THE SON. Here, it must be stated that the Holy Spirit is from the Father and the Son, and proceeds from the Father and the Son; which many heretics have denied. The filioque, the procession of the Spirit from the Father and the Son, has led to all kinds of debates between the East (the Greeks) and the West (the Latins). The teaching behind the... Read more

The Wit, Wisdom and Witness of Fr. Greg Boyle

Last updated on: September 8, 2011 at 10:44 am By Mark Gordon

Fr. Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, the nation’s most successful gang intervention ministry, spoke yesterday at Salve Regina University. Read more