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…
Some thoughts on clergy . . .
Recently I have had some correspondence with clergy of other traditions who were raised catholic but who, for whatever reasons, went to other traditions and married, became ordained clergy, and…
things I need to say . . .
It seems to me that there are a few more issues I need to address just for my own sake . . . In the interests of full disclosure I…
human rules
It seems to me that there might be something in what Jesus is saying about “mere human tradition” – In today’s Gospel Story (Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23) Marks explains some…