God and Money
Readings for March 2, 2014: Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time In the ancient world, most peoples believed in a universe populated by many gods. However, even without the…
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Turn the Other Cheek?
Readings for February 23, 2014: Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time “Love your enemies.” “Turn the other cheek.” (Mat 5:38-40). This sounds admirable to some, but preposterous to others. …
Holiness of the Pharisees
Readings for February 16, 2014: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Radio talk show hosts make a living on it. Show after show, they bring before our eyes stupid,…
Big Ideas Fast
I know y’all are too grownup for 6th-grade Catechism class, but everybody like pictures. And if they’re badly drawn then the viewer enjoys a frisson of superiority at the…
The Forgiving Father
In my first post at New Evangelizers, I used the analogy of fatherhood to understand why God may allow pain and tolerate bad behavior. God is the source…
Be the Salt of the Earth
Readings for February 9, 2014: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time As a Catholic teen growing up in one of the most Catholic area of the U.S., I never…
Why Not the Bible Alone?
My Protestant friends all subscribe to the doctrine of “Bible Alone” (aka Sola Scriptura). Their claim is we shouldn’t believe anything unless it is found in the Bible.…
Studying the Gospel of Luke: Chapter 1
The introduction to this study can be found here. Luke Chapter 1 1:1-4 – Prologue 1:5-25 – The Annunciation of John 1:26-38 – The Annunciation of Jesus 1:39-45…
Don’t Think Like an Atheist
We live in a much different society than in ages past. Modernity tends towards skepticism in a way that no other age has. In this regard, it is…
The Presentation, Feast of Mission
Readings for February 2, 2014: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord I recently led a group of pilgrims to Jerusalem. As we stood at the foot of…