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May 2019
Last week I began writing about modesty in dress, but I put off the controversial subject of women’s clothing until this week. Once we start talking about different clothing for men and women we need to see that there really is a different standard. Some people might complain about the ‘double standard’, one standard for men and another for women, but there is actually a good reason for a different standard. In my opening essay on this subject I observed that while men tend to be more physically aggressive, women tend to......
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May 17, 2019
Modesty of words and actions in the Church
Last week I wrote about modesty of words and actions in family life. This week now I need to speak about modesty of words and actions in the life of the Church. Our identity has,...
January 11, 2019
The Real Presence of the Body of Christ
This year I have proposed daily visits to the Blessed Sacrament as a New Year’s resolution for the parish. Today, I would like to write something about the importance of the special presence of our...
December 07, 2018
Tradition and Advent
Last Sunday in my homily I spoke about tradition, both Sacred Tradition and all the many traditions in which it is clothed. I also reintroduced, for the season of Advent, the ancient tradition of celebrating...
November 30, 2018
Towards God: Part III
As we begin the season of Advent we also begin to experience the celebration of the Mass with the priest standing at the altar “towards God”. I have written about this traditional practice the past...
November 23, 2018
Towards God: Part II
Last Sunday I wrote about the meaning of the priest celebrating the Mass, standing at the altar, facing altar and tabernacle, with the people behind him. I wrote about this in the context of recovering...
November 16, 2018
Towards God
During my preaching and my writing this year I have place great emphasis on recovering the meaning of the Mass precisely as a sacrifice offered to God. The Mass is a banquet, but it is...
November 09, 2018
Indulgences
It is a holy and pious thought (2 Mc 12:45) to pray for the dead. In the month of November the Church remembers in a special way the souls in purgatory and how we can...
November 02, 2018
Review
I began this year writing about the Church as a sign of hope in the world precisely because she is a sort of sacrament of intimate unity with God and the unity of the whole...
October 19, 2018
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
I have written at length now about what Jesus refers to as the weightier matters of the law: judgment (mishpat), mercy (chesed), and fidelity (emeth) (cf. Mt 23:23). This three inseparable covenant virtues provide us...