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Although the passion narratives of our Gospels are well known to us and bring all sorts of images to mind, they are in fact quite sketchy overall. We fill in each of the four narratives in various ways: with one another, with images from art and film, and even with insights from the contemporary world. Or better, what often takes place is a process of “mutual illumination” through the interaction of the Gospel texts and our contemporary world. That is,... Read more
The recent spate of accusations of priestly sexual abuse and the concomitant reports of episcopal negligence have caused deep pain to many inside and outside the Church. As a faithful Catholic I am deeply ashamed. As someone whose family life has been impacted by such abuse (the priest who baptized me had serially abused a family member years earlier), I am offended when some in the Church perpetuate the victimization through a crass and irresponsible defensiveness. All the bad journalism... Read more
Vox Nova readers may be interested in a new post I have up at Rock and Theology entitled “Seen (Sometimes) But Rarely Heard: On the Presence and Absence of Children in the Church and in Theology.” Read more
Readers may have seen that in a recent post about an unrelated topic, I made mention of the medieval eucharistic test question “Quid sumit mus?” or “What does a mouse consume?” The question is not merely the product of an age that concerned itself with mice in the tabernacle, but is, rather, a way of providing a context for elucidating what the Church does and does not understand itself to affirm when it professes Christ’s substantial presence in the Eucharist.... Read more
Truthout alerts us to ten things we didn’t know were in the health care bill. Among them are such awful, anti-life measures as: 3. Right to pump. Workplaces will have to provide “reasonable” break time and a private location — other than a bathroom — for breastfeeding mothers to pump breast milk for one year after the birth of a child. Women’s groups have long sought such guarantees, and this one will apply to all workplaces with the exception of... Read more
As much as I would have loved to have jumped into the political debates over the past few weeks, I have been occupied with far more important matters. Yesterday, my mother finally succumbed to the effects of cancer and went home to God. I was with her until the end. Despite the great sense of sadness and loss, I am comforted by the fact that God called her home during Holy Week, and that she can unite her sufferings to... Read more
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