Year 2009
Yesterday’s Gospel reading had me thinking about those who walked away from Jesus because they found his teachings too hard. There are three ways to go when you find the Church’s teachings difficult. You can walk away or you can… Continue Reading →
Summer holds on with some hazy, hot, and humid days still ahead of us. Cucumbers and a rebellious spirit are now at their peak. A progressive is someonewho wants to fix something that isn’t brokenby throwing it out. The world… Continue Reading →
Andrea Tornielli reports in il Giornale that the reform of the reform, long awaited, may finally be on its way. Tornielli reports that a document was delivered to the Pope from the Congregation for Divine Worship, following a vote therein,… Continue Reading →
I’ve heard the Church criticized so often as being all about money. You’ve heard it. I’ve heard it. They say that the Church’s prohibition against birth control is only because it callously wants Catholics to have many babies to grow… Continue Reading →
The joint venture of Newsweek and Washington Post On Faith blog has been a source of near constant enjoyment to me since its inception. My delight with them stems mostly from a masochistic delight in illogic. Writer Susan Jacoby does… Continue Reading →
Sorry to go all Andy Rooney but, did you ever notice… For the fathers out there with a bunch of kids, I have a question. Is it just me? Whenever I am out with my five kids someplace, a park,… Continue Reading →
The media feels that Obama has been attacked enough so now they’re gathering their forces to defend The One and his healthcare plan, even if it means lying. Case in point, Newsday is claiming that Bishop William Murphy supports ObamaCare… Continue Reading →
As far as signs from God go, things don’t get any clearer than this! The other day we told you how the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America is in Minneapolis deliberating on whether to lift the celibacy requirement for gay… Continue Reading →
President Obama says “We are God’s partners in matters of life and death.” God’s partner? What?! All I can think to ask is who demoted Obama and forced him to take on a partner on matters of life and death?… Continue Reading →
At first pass I wanted laugh – to scorn – but then I thought about it. What if they are right? In a gushy puff piece on Dan Brown designed to hype his “long-awaited new novel”, the TimeOnline headlines the… Continue Reading →