Women in Today’s Scripture Readings
I’m down for maintenance this weekend, so I did not write a homily. But during mass this evening I noticed some interesting things. In today’s Old Testament and Gospel readings…
Currente
There are a few things about our church that are disturbing me these days. These are some of my own thoughts on them. Yesterday I listened to an hour long…
Childhood habits and the church, and Agnus Dei
It is generally understood that our childhood experiences have a strong impact on our life and our values. Our two most recent Popes had similar childhood experiences. Karol Wojtyla grew…
11 October, Year of Faith
In the Gospel Story for the opening Mass of the Church’s Year of Faith (Matthew 28:16-20) Jesus tells his disciples to “make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the…
Hans Kung, on priests protest
Recently Hans Kung urged priests worldwide to express their dissent with the church leadership. I’m not sure how to do that. Many of us are upset about many different things.…
Newark
The Newark Archbishop recently stated that that the legalization of gay marriage is a threat to religious freedom and that Catholics who don’t believe the church’s teachings on gay marriage…
Stumbling Block
In today’s Gospel Story (Mark 9:38-48) Jesus says that anyone who puts a stumbling block in the way of folks who are trying to follow him should have a millstone…
“Who?”, then “What”
In today’s Gospel Story there is a difference between how Jesus’ disciples and the others answered his question “Who do People/you say I am?”. The people use standard titles which…
Who do “you” say I am?
In today’s Gospel Story (Mark 8:27-35) Jesus’ disciples have a different experience of him than do the folks who don’t know him as they do. Their understanding of who Jesus…
Heresy ? ?
Recently I learned that, a few years back, a friend of mine who has taught for many years at a catholic university in Europe was accused of heresy. The way…