Which Is Better: Perfection or Mercy?
In today’s Gospel, the Pharisees challenge Jesus because he has allowed his disciples to pick grain from the fields as they pass through. The investigator in me really…
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Tradition and “That”
Can you imagine a culture and circumstances that might compel a person to exclaim: “If that happens, it’s the end of our faith”? What might the “that” be?…
Not Peace but the Sword
Sunday Readings for August 14, 2016 the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time One of the themes of Pope Francis at World Youth Day 2013 was to “shake things…
Christ the Teacher and the Accuracy of the Gospels
Some people have trouble accepting the accuracy of the Gospels. Even if we accept that some of the New Testament was written just 20 to 30 years after…
Patron Saints for Every Activity
I don’t know about you, but I love sports. I’m not as good at them as I used to be, but that doesn’t stop me from trying something…
Transgenderism: Truth and Charity
With the legalization of same-sex “marriage” throughout our country, the forces of the ongoing sexual revolution have now made transgender acceptance the new goal. In the last year…
Antigonus and Euphrasia, Evangelizers
How many people must we convert, or return to the church, or keep in the church, in order to qualify as an evangelizer? As Scott Hahn has said,…
What the Zebedee Family Got Right (And How We Shouldn’t React)
By virtue of baptism, we are joined to Jesus Christ–and thus, supernaturally joined to all other baptized-believers. It’s a powerful reality! But, this truth can often be hard…
Martha and Mary
Readings for July 17, 2016, the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time I once got a harsh letter from a Baptist lady protesting that she could not find the…
The Good Samaritan
Sunday Readings for July 10, 2016, the 15th Sunday of the Year To this day, the road from Jericho to Jerusalem is long, winding, and desolate. The two…