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An Image of Grace and the Church in a Paul Simon Song

I’ve got my Gospel Glasses on, and my Holy Hearing Aids, and I’m seeing and hearing God in strange places. There are several Paul Simon songs that register holy thoughts to me, even if he didn’t mean...

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In an age of many problematic trends in public education Catholics need to...

As we trend toward the end of January, Most dioceses sponsor some sort of “Catholic Schools Week” activities. With that in mind a few thoughts occur to me with regard to both the need for alternatives...

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What do the Stages of Starvation have to teach us about the demise of the West?

Physical starvation is not a problem here in the affluent west. And thus one might ask what the stages of starvation could possibly have to teach us about the problems we face in the West. But they do....

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The Problem of Pot. A Reflection on the Increasing Legalization of Marijuana

It is perhaps emblematic of our decadent times that the two most noteworthy legal maneuvers of late, occupying significant time and resources of the the legislative and judicial branches are: providing...

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Biblical teaching on the use of colorful and harsh language.

In the Gospel from last Sunday, the Lord warns of using uncivil and/or hateful words such as “Raqa” and “fool.” And yet the same Lord Jesus often used very strong language toward some of His opponents,...

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What the Book of Proverbs has to say to us of the times in which we live

“Notre Dame Paris front facade lower” by Benh LIEU SONG – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons We are currently reading from the Book of Proverbs in the Office of Readings. In it...

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The Only Hope is Holiness: A Meditation on What it will take to Restore our...

There has been a tendency for traditional Catholics to hitch their wagons to the Republican Party specifically, and to conservative politics in general. It is demonstrably true that the stated platform...

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Matrimony or Bust – Another Glimpse at the Why and How of Traditional...

All the way back in 1973, George Gilder published a book entitled Men and Marriage. He expanded and republished it in 1986. In his book, Gilder argued that our culture was marginalizing men, to its...

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"Alas, Alas for the Great City!" An Urgent Plea for Prayer at the New Year!

We are very close to the new year, 2015 AD. And most of us at the new year have it in mind to pray for the future year not only for ourselves, but also for our family, country, and culture. With that...

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Without Our Traditions, Our Life Would be as Shaky as a Fiddler on the Roof!

“PikiWiki Israel 17388 Fiddler on the Roof in Netanya” by צילום:ד”ר אבישי טייכר. Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons. When I was a young man, a teenager really, I did the usual crazy stuff...

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How Do You Dress for Church? Some Helpful Encouragement from a New Video

I have written at length before on the issues of modesty and how we dress for Mass: http://blog.adw.org/2010/05/adore-the-lord-in-holy-attire-on-proper-dress-for-mass/...

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All Have Fallen Short of the Glory of God – A Reflection on the Need to...

Throughout my youth, my father had many teachings and expressions that we came to call “dad-isms.” They were memorable little sayings packed with truth. One of them I recall him saying to me in the...

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Of Hunger and Hallucinations – How the Stages of Starvation Describe the...

Yesterday’s post dealt with the capacity of this world, by God’s promise, to provide sufficient food for us. While hunger does exist, it is due more to human sinfulness than insufficient resources. But...

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Biblical Teaching on the Use of Colorful and Harsh Language

In the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord warns of using uncivil and/or hateful words such as “Raqa” and “fool.” And yet the same Lord Jesus often used very strong language toward some of His opponents,...

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To Teach as Jesus Taught – A Reflection on the Qualities of Jesus as Preacher...

As a priest I am called to preach and teach, and as such I must look to Jesus Christ as my model. In this I refer to the real Jesus of Scripture. Too many people today have refashioned Jesus into a...

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Only What You Do For Christ Will Last – A Meditation on the Poverty of this...

In fourth chapter of Mark’s Gospel we find the following saying of the Lord: To the one who has, more will be given; from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away (Mk 4:25). The rich...

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The Challenges Are Many but the Charge Remains the Same: Be Authentically...

Recently Cardinal Donald Wuerl wrote a pastoral letter to the Archdiocese of Washington setting forth the need to be clear on our Catholic identity. It is entitled Catholic Identity in an Age of...

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On Being the Adult in the Room

In the Letter to the Ephesians, St, Paul has this to say: And [Christ] gave some as Apostles, others as prophets, others as evangelists, others as pastors and teachers, to equip the holy ones for the...

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Men Are More Disinclined to Marry Than Ever – A Reflection on a Serious Problem

A 2012 report on men and marriage by the Pew Research Center shows statistically what many of us have noticed anecdotally: men are finding marriage less desirable than in the past and are now marrying...

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Hyperstimulation Is an Increasing Evil Whose Influence We Must Combat

We live in an age of such overstimulation that it would be unimaginable to people even a mere hundred years ago. In fact, it is probably more accurate to say we are not simply overstimulated, we are...

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