I have a very vivid memory from childhood of my father telling me that people should be able to keep what happens in the voting booth private. He defended it with a vehemence usually reserved for the seal of the confessional. My mother, too, while deeply religious, approached voting with devotional fervor. It was aContinue reading >>
Baptism, and other things I don’t understand
Sometimes when people want to be friends with me I think “really? me?” and can’t quite believe it. But that’s not what I want to write about. Yesterday I watched three people be baptized into the Catholic Church, and two more make their profession of Faith before all five were confirmed, thus completing their fullContinue reading >>
Inexhaustible
This is my body…this is my blood. Take. Eat. Drink. There is so much to be amazed about in the accounts of Jesus’ final days. Knowing how he was to die, for us, I suppose I shouldn’t be amazed that at his Last Supper he continued to give to us. Jesus gave us his body,Continue reading >>
Hitting Pause: Catholics Come Home
In the spirit of giving myself a break, I have decided to hit pause on my blog and repost some of my favorite material for the last ten days of the year. Last night while watching the Kennedy Center Honors I saw one of the Catholics Come Home television commercials that prompted this post fromContinue reading >>
The People of God
I’m not really into the culture war. I definitely fall on one side of it, but ultimately I find the arguments unproductive. The bickering is even more troubling in Church circles, and even more depressing. The recent translation changes to the Roman Missal have been the front lines of the Catholic culture wars. Part ofContinue reading >>
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