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In the Advent Season one of the Gospel Readings is the long list of the genealogical origin of Jesus, in the three sets of 14 names. Daunted by the long list and befuddled as to how to preach a homily on this long list of names this thought occurred to me: the healing of our […]
by bcadmin | Jan 7, 2022 | Anniversary, Baptism, Baptism of the Lord, Between the Sundays, Featured, News, Original Sin, Prayer Life & Liturgy, Redemption, Sacraments | 0 |
“The Baptism” (detail) by Pietro Longhi [Public domain] “Why is this day so important? Clearly, it is more than just a fancy white gown and a party.” Almost every year on the upcoming feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Pope Francis encourage…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 8, 2020 | Blessed Virgin Mary, divinization, Immaculate Conception, Jesus Christ, Karl Barth, Marian beliefs, News, Original Sin, Protestantism, Resurrection, Saint Augustine, Saint Paul, The Dispatch | 0 |
In December 2018, I wrote an article for Catholic World Report on the Immaculate Conception: “Why I came to believe that Mary was conceived without sin.” I argued that it was (1) a matter of […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 28, 2020 | 2020, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, David Warren, Derek Chauvin, forgiveness, judge not, Minneapolis, News, Original Sin, Pray for the Perpetrators, Religion, The Catholic Thing, The Crucifixion by the Dreux Budé Master | 0 |
David Warren: We are losing the belief in original sin. As a result, not only do we not forgive; increasingly we are incapable of forgiveness.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 20, 2020 | Black Lives Matter, Catholic Living, Chuck Colson, Featured, George Floyd, News, Original Sin, Racism, Weekly Headlines | 0 |
Over the last few years, some unjust blue-on-black killings have led to a growing consensus that racism is systemic, pervading every institution and social structure of shared life in America. It is a conclusion unmoored from fact. I grew up in Montgomery, Alabama, during the Rosa Parks era, when signs reading “Colored” and “White” hung […]
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