The Triumphant Ascension

It is fitting to celebrate Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.  We rejoice to see the holy city roll out the red carpet and hail Jesus as the promised Messiah.
The problem is, however, that the only crown… Read More

The Ascension of Our Lord

On Ascension Day, Jesus gives His apostles, a group of men singularly lacking in influence, a worldwide mission.  How would they be able to pull this off?
Gospel (Read Mk 16:15-20)
As Jesus prepares to depart from the apostles, He… Read More

A Survey of Anger

There is a certain underlying murmur of anger that now pervades modern society. We see this daily in the impatience we routinely experience in people at work, at school, at the grocery store, in the gas station lineup. We see… Read More

Sexually Disordered: In Solidarity

The Church teaches that same-sex actions are sinful.  Stating this fact is almost universally discouraged in public discourse.  Yet this is the very issue that needs to be discussed.  And in order to do so we must start with what’s… Read More

Sixth Sunday of Easter

Gospel (Read Jn 15:9-17)
In our Gospel, Jesus speaks to His disciples about the importance of their obedience to His Father’s commandments.  Sometimes discussions about obedience can seem like a warning, but not this one.  That’s because Jesus lays the… Read More

My Weekend in Prison

I recently spent the weekend in a women’s prison.  It was my first time in prison and I was there to assist with a two-day Catholic retreat.  Around the same time, I was also invited to a movie junket in… Read More

Love Unlimited

Some people seem to think that the Catholic Church is just another multi-national corporation, Catholicism, Inc., with the Pope as CEO.  Obviously, this view is a bit skewed, but is not totally off-base.  The Church is in fact an international… Read More

Biblical Illiteracy and Bible Babel

One of the disappointments of the post-Vatican II period has been the glacial pace of the growth in Catholic biblical literacy the Council hoped to inspire.  Why the slow-down? Several reasons suggest themselves.
The hegemony of the historical-critical method of… Read More

Kathleen Sebelius to Speak at Georgetown Commencement Ceremony

In what can only be interpreted as a direct challenge to America’s Catholic bishops, Georgetown University has announced that “pro-choice” Catholic Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and lead architect of the Obama administration’s… Read More

5th Sunday of Easter

Gospel (Read Jn 15:1-8)
Our reading today comes from a section of St. John’s Gospel that is often called “the Last Supper discourse.”   After He washed the disciples’ feet, Jesus spoke at length with them in a most serious manner. … Read More

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