liturgical year
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Abortion, Newtown, and the Feast of the Holy Innocents
Today, on the Feast of the Holy Innocents, the church remembers the thousands of Jewish male infants killed by kingly decree “in the days of Herod.” In the weeks after the massacre at Newtown, those of us living in… Continue reading
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Karl Rahner on the Assumption of Mary
“If God’s grace is doing in us what it did in her, than we too are blessed by grace, and beloved.” Continue reading
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Examining Our Consciences In Light of Structural Sin
This is my attempt to envision an examination of conscience that more explicitly deals with the intersection between interpersonal and structural-social sin. NOTE: The absence of certain “traditional” sins, like masturbation, for example, is not in itself a statement about… Continue reading
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Teresa Berger on the Optional Omission of Women
Or, rather, one woman: Anna, the prophet. Teresa Berger (Professor of Liturgical Studies at Yale Divinity) draws attention to the option created in the Roman Catholic lectionary to omit mention of Anna from Luke’s account of the “Presentation of the Lord,”… Continue reading
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Dia de los Muertos: A Day for Dangerous Memories
Today is Dia de los Muertos. While my family does not celebrate Dia de los Muertos, the importance of this holiday to so many Catholics—especially so many Catholics living in the United States—makes it a day of importance to me… Continue reading