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Jun 2020
Last Sunday, I introduced the subject of work and economic organization. Work, rather than consumption should be central to economic organization; work is not just a matter of income and making a living; work, especially for men, is meaningful activity Many people are familiar with the prophecy of Isaiah: They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. (Is 2:4) It is part of a larger passage, the whole of which needs to be understood. The prophet Micah has the very same prophecy, but with an additional line......
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May 29, 2020
Social justice and divorce – Clarity and truth are needed, not political correctness.
Last Sunday, I introduced the subject of divorce as a sin against social justice. Divorce goes directly against the explicit teaching of Jesus Christ, rooted in the original creation of man, male and female....
May 15, 2020
Providence, pandemic, and an examination of conscience
Last Sunday, citing Romans 8:28-29, I wrote: “The whole reason why God created this world of time, from the most distant galaxy to the tiniest microbe, has been to lead men to share in the...
May 01, 2020
Divine providence in punishment of general catastropes
Last Sunday I wrote about how St Augustine teaches that temporal goods and evils are enjoyed or suffered by both the good and the wicked, lest anyone think that these goods are the ultimate reward...
April 10, 2020
Social Justice and Gender Ideology: Part II (The Transgender Movement)
In addressing the social injustice of the contemporary societal (and governmental) attack on the family I began writing last Sunday of the gender ideology and the transgender movement. By way of preliminary I pointed out...
March 13, 2020
Social Justice and Sexual Sins, Part I
On the basis of the first chapters of Genesis, following the lead given by our Lord in his words on divorce, I have written about marriage from the perspective of the objective order of the...
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...
November 08, 2019
From the Lord’s Day to Social Teaching
Last Sunday I brought my considerations of the Lord’s Day to a conclusion by noting that Sunday observance is not just a religious issue, but a social justice issue, indeed the key issue for true...