Certain biblical characters make their appearance before us at particular times of the year. For instance, we really don’t think about Pilate too much, other than in the Apostles’ Creed, and at Easter. The same goes for Herod and, often, even Peter. Continue Reading
December 12, 2009 8 Comments
Advent Quotes for Reflection on the Nativity of Jesus Christ
I always seek to place a "reflections" in the bulletin. I believe that for most people the Church, and in particular the liturgy of the Church, is the primary way that the sacred words and the familiar words and the poetry and literature of Western Continue Reading
This Attack on Just War is Not Just: Atheists Fiddling with Western Civilization While Nation is at War
London is burning. The international markets are spinning. Congress is leaving. The president is on a bus tour—or on vacation, I am not sure. A war is being fought across the seas so one is not fought here, with courageous Navy Seals, most recently, Continue Reading