Body and Soul, or, When A Church Is Not A Church

We are body and soul. Human beings need material means to approach the immaterial God. The means need to be suited to the end, or we’re liable to go astray.  For that reason, destroying the beauty and religious distinctiveness of our churches does real spiritual harm.

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

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