sacraments
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What Marriage Could Learn From Holy Orders
WIT again welcomes guest poster Sarah Elizabeth Smith. Sarah’s bio can be found at the top of her first post with us here. I often wonder at why our culture celebrates people for getting married having only known each other for… Continue reading
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Confirmation is not “Baptism of Believers” for Catholics
The most recent controversy concerning punitive denial of sacraments on the basis of political views is this heartbreaking story: the parents of a teenager in Barnesville, MN were told that he would not be confirmed, and that the family could no… 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