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March 26, 2019
An interesting conversation with a reader about unity
He writes I believe that God really wants all of Roman Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox to be united. I think we all have nuances in our beliefs that cause separation (assurance of salvation, etc.). However, we have something that we all agreed with that is far more important than all these things: Our understanding of the […]
March 25, 2019
Hey Moscow and Potlatch, Idaho, as well as Pullman, Washington and parts surrounding
I am coming to speak on the Blessed Virgin Mary on Wednesday, March 27, not once but twice! 12:00 pm at St. Mary’s Catholic Church 725 Spruce Street Potlatch, Idaho 83855 Open to all and includes a served lunch. No need to RSVP. March 27th at 7:00 pm St. Augustine’s Catholic Center at the University […]
Almsgiving Monday 3: Pope Francis urges us to give to the poor
…and not worry how they spend it. I know. I know. They’ll just blow it on drink or drugs. And there is a case to be made for that. But there is also something to be said for C.S. Lewis’ reply to Tolkien when he scolded him for giving to a beggar by saying, “He’s […]
March 23, 2019
A Lawyer Looks at Jurassic Park
What better way to add some penitential buzzkill to your Lent than to bring in a blood-sucking lawyer to analyze all the legal issues at play in your most beloved childhood films: Happy Saturday!
March 22, 2019
Fasting Friday 2
Continuing from last Friday, we keep looking at ways suggested by Deacon Nick Senger to observe fasting during Lent, along with my commentary in boldface. My commentary, understand, is not meant to tell you what to think about these suggestions, still less what to do in response to them. If any of them speak to […]
March 21, 2019
A little follow up conversation with Sherry Weddell on ‘Kumbaya’
Over on the Book of Face, I remarked that I’ve been Catholic for 30 years and I cannot remember ‘Kumbaya’ ever being sung in a liturgy or even at a charismatic conference. The claim of overuse that I perpetually heard from ‘faithful conservative Catholic’ bashers of ‘Kumbaya Catholics’, like the claims of the allegedly ubiquitous Clown […]
March 20, 2019
Prayer Wednesday 2: The Most Maligned Spiritual in the World
When I entered the Church, I did so as the husband of a wonderful woman who, among other things, has always loved folk music. I’m wasn’t as big a fan as Jan is, but I do enjoy it and Jan’s love for it made me appreciate it more because it is music that means a […]
March 19, 2019
Thinking about the Sunday Readings
I was struck by the readings on Sunday, regarding the covenant with Abraham and the Transfiguration. One key to understanding Scripture is to look at how the Church combines them in the Mass readings. The gospel reading is nearly always a commentary (sometimes very subtle) on the Old Testament text in the first reading. Both […]
March 18, 2019
Almsgiving Monday 2: Mercy for Life
This Almsgiving Monday I want to recommend to you for your financial support the work of Mercy for Life, conducted by a little community of saints in Uganda. I’ve boosted them in the past and youse guys have helped them. But they can always use more help. Dennis Donovan writes Fausta Nalubega of Kampala, Uganda, […]
March 16, 2019
One proof for the existence of an all-loving, all-powerful God…
…is that any child, much less billions of them, survives to adulthood:
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