Let me begin by apologizing to any readers. Between now and Easter, it’s a personal and professional crunch time, and it’s hard to get time to sit down and plan a quality blog post. Since the search for truth is…
For years now I have been listening to or reading the work of Terry Mattingly, who has been a teacher, journalist and public commentator for almost forty years. Yesterday on his GetReligion podcast with Lutheran Pastor Todd Wilken (an excellent weekly…
Today the Church reaches Mid-Lent, traditionally called “Laetare Sunday”, from the Introit of the Mass, Rejoice Jerusalem/Laetare Jerusalem. Having started the season of Lent largely reflecting on Biblical themes of temptation, penance, repentance, fasting, almsgiving and prayer, our attention will turn…
“We look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.” – 2 Corinthians 4:18 A few days ago…
Mary, Mother of the Church: A New Marian Memorial for Post-Pentecost The idea of Mary being the Mother of the Church is ancient in pedigree. It is as old arguably as St. Irenaeus and St. Augustine. It follows a certain…
This Sunday, the 3rd Sunday of Lent, we are about to hear the powerful words of Saint Paul to the Corinthians: Brothers and sisters: Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block…
Western Education and the Clergy Much ink has been spilled in the past few decades about the so-called collapse of the Western Educational Apparatus. Throughout the late 20th century, many different authors sounded the alarm. Most notably were books by…