This Is No Time to Despair

 No Time to Despair      This is no time to despair. Lord knows, it's a temptation.  It's a great temptation. The last couple of years particularly have forced even the naive among us to face up to the corruption in our society.  Government institutions and private institutions alike (and very often, in concert) have abandoned their … Continue reading This Is No Time to Despair

A God of Both: Tough Love and Unconditional Love

Tough Love and Unconditional Love Then let us celebrate with a feast,because this son of mine was dead, and has come to life again;he was lost, and has been found.’ (Luke 15:23-24)  The Prodigal Son       Who hasn't heard, or at least heard of, Jesus' parable of the Prodigal Son?  I've encountered people with no experience of … Continue reading A God of Both: Tough Love and Unconditional Love

More Than a Building: A Church is Much, Much More

More Than a Building:                     Red Mass at the Basilica of St.s Peter and Paul, Lewiston, Maine (https://www.sunjournal.com/)   Christ is Our Model in All Things   In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God . . … Continue reading More Than a Building: A Church is Much, Much More

Random Selection Favors Religion, or, What Would Darwin Do?

I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live. (Deuteronomy 30:19) An Angry God Random selection appears to have doomed its most enthusiastic promoters to extinction.      I want to be clear that I am not taking issue in this post with the theory … Continue reading Random Selection Favors Religion, or, What Would Darwin Do?

Feast Your Ears and Rest Your Eyes: Sacred Music and Catholic Culture Podcasts

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of working, but it is the same God who inspires them all in every one. (1 Corinthians: 4-6)      St. Paul, in the well-known passage above, reminds the Corinthians that the Lord … Continue reading Feast Your Ears and Rest Your Eyes: Sacred Music and Catholic Culture Podcasts

Christ is King of All . . . Even The Holidays

Christ is King of All We know that Christ is "King of All," but do we know what that means? So Paul, standing in the middle of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious.  For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I … Continue reading Christ is King of All . . . Even The Holidays

For Such A Time As This: Powers, Principalities & The Culture Wars

The Culture Wars      I really don't want to be a culture warrior.  I'm willing to bet that you probably don't want to be one, either.  It seems, however, that there's no hiding from the escalating clash of Weltanschauungen that's invading every corner of our culture. Formerly neutral spaces, from bakeries to professional sports, have become battle fields. … Continue reading For Such A Time As This: Powers, Principalities & The Culture Wars

Why Would You Want Satan As A Mascot?

In their case the god of this world [the Devil] has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the likeness of God. (2 Corinthians 4:4)      I don't watch professional sports these days, as their main appeal was always as a … Continue reading Why Would You Want Satan As A Mascot?