Jesus was not a pop psychologist
Readings: • Wis 9:13-18b • Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14-17 • Phmn 9-10, 12-17 • Lk 14:25-33 I once read a column by a young Catholic who expressed frustration with the saying, “Love the sinner, […]
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by bcadmin | Sep 2, 2022 | Gospel of Luke, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, Love, Luke Timothy Johnson, News, Saint Peter, Satan, sin, The Dispatch, Truth | 0 |
Readings: • Wis 9:13-18b • Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14-17 • Phmn 9-10, 12-17 • Lk 14:25-33 I once read a column by a young Catholic who expressed frustration with the saying, “Love the sinner, […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 2, 2022 | Between the Sundays, Epistle, Featured, free, freedom, Living the Faith, News, Onesimus, Paul, Philemon, sin, slaves, Virtue | 0 |
In the midst of the New Testament letters, tucked away and easy to miss as you’re flipping to find Hebrews, sits Paul’s letter to Philemon. One of the shortest books of the New Testament, it might leave you scratching your head as to why it is included…
Read MoreJer 38:4-6, 8-10; Heb 12:1-4; Lk 12:49-53 I was momentarily confused and disoriented in my early years of seminary formation before I received a consoling advice from a priest in the confessional. He said to me, “Choose the right battle and everything else will fall into place.” I felt so relieved when it dawned on […]
by bcadmin | Jul 7, 2022 | Featured, grace, News, peace, prayer life, Prayer Life & Liturgy, restless, restlessness, sin, Spiritual Life, Surrender & Strength, Virtue | 0 |
“Thou movest us to delight in praising Thee; for Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee” (St. Augustine, Confessions). I think most writers are naturally introspective and reflective. During my prayer …
Read MoreWe build skyscrapers, split the atom, design computers, and send men to the moon, but the most difficult and most important task remains undone, namely acknowledging our personal sins. Pride, the most deceptive of the Seven Deadly Sins, creates the illusion that we are better than we are and therefore renders critical self-examination unnecessary.“ I […]
Here in Texas it’s spring (quickly approaching summer), and for the first time in my adult life I have sufficient space for a real vegetable garden. My garden has become one of the greatest daily pleasures of this season. It has been so delightful to go from thinking that I had, of course, already killed […]
Here in Texas it’s spring (quickly approaching summer), and for the first time in my adult life I have sufficient space for a real vegetable garden. My garden has become one of the greatest daily pleasures of this season. It has been so delightful to go from thinking that I had, of course, already killed […]
by bcadmin | Apr 10, 2022 | C. S. Lewis, conscience, Essay, Features, God, God in the dock, guilt, Jesus Christ, News, Salvation, sin | 0 |
God in the Dock In 1948, C.S. Lewis penned an essay that demonstrated his perspicacity in reading the signs of the times in order to gauge the challenges to effectively communicating the Good News of […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 5, 2022 | 2022, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Christ Healing the Blind by El Greco, Christ heals the man “blind from birth”, Columns, guilt for disability, Jesus Christ, John Chapter 9, News, Oedipus and Tiresias, Randall Smith, sin, The Catholic Thing | 0 |
Randall Smith: The value of our lives and our society depends upon how we treat the weakest among us: the disabled, the elderly, the unborn.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 11, 2022 | Between the Sundays, Ezekiel, Featured, forgiveness, God's Love, Living the Faith, Mercy, News, repentance, sin, Sinner, wicked | 0 |
In the first reading today, the Lord lays out his heart of mercy and justice. He loves all of us, the wicked and the righteous. God wants to show us mercy when we sin; he wants to forgive us. But repentance and a firm purpose of amendment is required. …
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 2, 2022 | 2022, And after this our exile, Ash Wednesday by T.S. Eliot, Because I do not hope to turn again, Bless me Father, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, conversion, I am not worthy, Jesus Christ, Lord, News, Pray for us sinners, Preparation for Death, redeem the time, Rev. Peter M.J. Stravinskas' "The Fascination of Ashes", sin, sinned, The Catholic Thing | 0 |
Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas: Today’s a fitting prelude to the holy season and a fitting prelude to whatever remains of our life here below.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 17, 2022 | confession, Faith, Knowing the Faith, Mercy, News, penance, Reconciliation, Sacraments, sin, Surrender & Strength | 0 |
Photo by Josh Applegate on Unsplash I have been thinking a great deal about my experience at Reconciliation a few weekends ago. I felt an intense and unexplainable urge to go and confess my sins when I woke up Saturday morning.…
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