What’s in a number? When it comes to Scripture, there is often more—much more—to a number than meets the eye. Take, for instance, the number twelve. Although that number doesn’t appear directly in today’s readings, […]
On the Readings for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, May 10, 2018 […]
Love is a free gift; it cannot be coerced, manipulated, or commodified. The greatest example of this is found in the Incarnation. […]
On the Readings for Sunday, April 29, 2018, the Fifth Sunday of Easter […]
A week ago, the editors of the National Catholic Register published an editorial titled “It’s Time to Remove Father Rupnik’s Art”. Their strong stance, they said, was “not an expedient surrender to iconoclasm or ‘cancel […]
Ten years ago, I wrote a CWR editorial titled “Welcome to the Reign of Gay”. In some ways, it seems more like fifty years ago, as the cultural and moral landscape has not just shifted, […]
On the Readings for April 22, 2018, the Fourth Sunday of Easter […]
The story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus, which immediately precedes today’s Gospel and is unique to St. Luke, is one of my favorite stories in the four Gospels. Like other former Protestants […]
On the Readings for April 8, 2018, Second Sunday of Easter and Sunday of Divine Mercy […]
On the readings for Easter Sunday, The Resurrection of the Lord, April 1, 2018 […]
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