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Feb 2020
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 female he created them. God blessed them and said: ‘Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. (Gen 1:27-28) The distinct role of the man and woman precisely in relation to the offspring is what reveals, as general law of nature, the leadership of the husband in relation to the outside world of ‘subduing the......
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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...
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....
December 20, 2019
Thank you
As Christmas arrives and the year draws to a close, I would like to say ‘Thank you’ to some of the many people who contribute so much to making St. Peter’s the parish that it...
December 13, 2019
Pope Leo XIII: “Rerum Novarum” – Reveals the Radical Disorder of the Contemporary State
I will not enter too much into what Pope Leo XIII has to say about the State. The reason is that the Pope’s teaching here refers to “the State as rightly apprehended … any government...