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Apr 2021
Last Sunday I resumed my series of reflections on ‘social justice’, the right order of human society, resuming again the theme of the ‘common good’. I spoke of the common good as ‘living well’ together, which requires a shared vision of the human good. Without a shared vision there can be no realization of a true common good. I pointed out that at its best the United States has possessed a shared vision built around family life and the morality of the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments give us a view of......
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April 09, 2021
Social justice resumed: The common good as ‘living well together’
Last year I had been writing a series of reflections on ‘social justice’ as ‘the right order of human society’. I took as my starting point the harmonious order that existed in Eden before sin...
April 02, 2021
The Resurrection and Walking in the Newness of Life
We were buried with Christ in baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in the newness of life. (Rm 6:4)...
March 26, 2021
Evangelization in a Hostile Culture
During the course of the past three months, I have been analyzing and commenting on the gravity of the situation in this country, the mass of lies, the deep divisions arising from radically opposed world...
March 19, 2021
The Message to the Powerful and Prayer
In the wake of the Capitol riot on January 6 I have sought to provide a sort of analysis of the political and cultural situation in this country, based on a recognition of the very...
March 12, 2021
Living as a Christian in the midst of the new totalitarianism, Part II
Last Sunday I wrote about a whole group of people (namely those who have bought into the pro-abortion, pro-LGBT ideology) as inherently untrustworthy because of a radically distorted view of reality. In contemporary parlance this...
March 05, 2021
Living as a Christian in the new totalitarianism, Part I
For the past couple of months, I have embarked on a series of personal observations and reflections in the wake of the riot that broke into the Capitol on January 6. This led to a...
February 26, 2021
Is it really that bad?
Last week I argued that we must begin to face the scary reality that American institutions have become so corrupted by questionable influences that they can no longer be trusted. While we must avoid real...
February 19, 2021
Propaganda and the Collapse of Trust
Last week, I brought to a conclusion some reflections on the reality, gravity, and depth of the matters that divide Americans. I spoke about abortion, ‘LGBT’ issues, race (or more exactly ‘critical race theory’ or...
February 12, 2021
What are the Real Sources of Division (Part III)
Last Sunday I wrote that through all the issues of abortion, the LGBT alphabet soup, and racism we are actually divided by what is called a Marxist ‘dialectic’, an irreconcilable division between oppressor and oppressed...