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Jun 2021
The 19th century French Dominican, Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire wrote a famous poem about the priesthood. “To live in the midst of the world without wishing its pleasures; to be a member of each family yet belonging to none; to share all suffering; to penetrate all secrets; to heal all wounds; to go from men to God and offer Him their prayers; to return from God to men to bring pardon an hope to have a heart of fire for Charity, and a heart of bronze for Chastity; to teach and to pardon,......
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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...
March 20, 2020
Social Justice and Sexual Sins, Part II
Last Sunday I began cataloguing sins against marriage in light of the transmission of human life and the intimacy of self-giving marital love. I finished by noting that because marriage is the first and most...
April 06, 2018
Eucharistic Discipleship, Part I: Introduction
I began the year writing about the Catholic Church as a sign of hope in a world divided. The Church is a sign of hope in a particular way as the sacrament of intimate union...