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Mar 2020
I have been writing about the right order of marriage in relation to social justice, the right order of human society. Following the lead of Jesus in his words about divorce, I have gone back to the first chapters of the book of Genesis, to the ‘beginning’, to God’s original plan for marriage. I noted that Genesis gives us two perspectives on the order of marriage: the objective order of marriage in relation to procreation, which is not a mere physical act, but involves collaborating with God in the transmission of human......
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February 28, 2020
The Order of the Family Subject to “Industrial Strength” Solvents
Last week I wrote about the objective order of marriage in relation to procreation, starting from the words of Genesis: God created man in his image; in the divine image he created him; male and...
February 21, 2020
The Order of Marriage in Relation to Procreation
Title: Last week I began writing about the right order of the family, as the foundation of all human social life. Following the lead of Jesus’ own words I highlighted the first two chapters of...
February 14, 2020
Catholic Social Order: The Foundational Order of the Family
I have now written about how the Mass, and the Lord’s Day centered upon the Mass, gives order to the life of a monastery and how it is capable of ordering all of human life,...
February 07, 2020
Catholic Social Order: What has been can be
Last Sunday I wrote about the typical life of a Benedictine monastery as an example of human community life ordered around the Lord’s Day. Since the subject is social justice it is worth noting that...
January 31, 2020
Social Justice in Miniature: The Life of a Benedictine Monastery
Last week, I returned to the Lord’s Day, which celebrates the beginning of the new creation in the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the inbreaking of his grace and salvation into this world of time,...
January 24, 2020
The Order of the Mass: The Foundation of all Right Order
I have been writing about the principles of social justice. Social justice means nothing if it does not mean the right order of human society. We see the foundational principles of that order in Eden...
January 17, 2020
Social Justice: Natural Law is not enough (Part II)
I have been writing about the foundational principles of social justice, the right order of human society. I have affirmed that this means, as far as possible in this world, restoring the right order that...
January 10, 2020
Social Justice: Natural law is not enough (Part I)
Last Sunday, I began an attempt to set forth the foundational principles of social justice, the right order of human society, apart from immediate practical concerns. I pointed out that immediate practical concerns often lead...
December 27, 2019
2020 Book Recommendations
At the end of each year I have had the custom of making book recommendations for the following year. This year, I would like to begin with some remarks about the importance of actually reading....