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I do not know whether or not you have read Pope Benedict’s homily for Holy Thursday two weeks past, but it is a wonderful meditation. I would encourage you to read and reflect upon it: www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/homilies/2012/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20120405_coena-domini_en.html At the end of the homily, … Continue reading →
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I was speaking with a professional colleague today at a conference we both attended on self-injurious behavior and it relationship with eating disorders. We whispered to each other as the lecturer was speaking how we as therapists are always trying … Continue reading →
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The Holy Father’s Angelus message centers around today’s passage from the Gospel of Mark in which a man with an unclean spirit is cleansed by Jesus. Benedict XVI made a remarkable comment on the nature of authority. We all have … Continue reading →
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I mentioned conscience in my post earlier today. Let me define it for you, and then try to apply it to the idea of confronting the national conscience in regard to abortion, marriage and family, euthanasia, and other pro-life issues. … Continue reading →
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I want to thank Elizabeth Scalia over at The Anchoress (www.patheos.com/blogs/theanchoress) for this wonderful quote from Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI: Faith is not the resignation of reason in view of the limits of our knowledge; it is not … Continue reading →
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Blessed Pope John Paul II, in his The Theology of the Body, talks about “dual unity” or the “double unity.” He said that in creation, God created the unity of two beings, male and female, and this unity lay in … Continue reading →
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A common idea floating around our culture today is that sexual differences between men and women are a construct of society, i.e., determined by social norms, expectations and experiences. The ideapurports that sexual and gender traits are what society makes … Continue reading →
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Today is the memorial of Pope St. Leo the Great. His pontificate was from 440 to 461 AD, a time of upheaval in the Church as well as in the Roman Empire. Prior to being elected pope, Leo was a … Continue reading →
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This weekend’s Gospel reading is of the foolish virgins who run out of oil for their lamps as they await the bridegroom’s coming. Of course, it is also about the wise virgins who have prepared themselves for the wait and … Continue reading →
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Our first reading for Mass today (Romans 14: 7-12) challenges us to ask, “Who is Lord in my life?” God has poured his life and love into our lives at our baptism. His fidelity to us is unquestionable. We all … Continue reading →
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I am attending a day long seminar today on Narrative Therapy which is a form of psychotherapy in which the patient/client defines the problem which afflicts them in terms meaningful to them and separates themselves from the problem, thus making the … Continue reading →
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Back in 1973, when I was a college freshman, a required reading was the book, The Meaning of Success, written by Michael Quoist. I honestly don’t remember its contents nearly 40 years later, but the title has never escaped my … Continue reading →
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Did you know that whenever the Holy Spirit acts, he acts with the Father and the Son? And whenever the Son acts, he does so with the Father and the Spirit? And when the Father acts, he does so in … Continue reading →
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I read with a bit of interest the Holy Father’s comments on the first day of his visit to Croatia. He spoke of conscience, and Europe’s future. Here is what he said, as reported by The Catholic News Agency. “If, in keeping with the prevailing modern idea, conscience is reduced to the subjective field to [...]
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I read today in Deacon DIgest an article written by Deacon Joseph Donadieu from the diocese of Trenton, New Jersey, entitled, “Steering the Right Course with God’s Truth.” In it, he writes about moral relativism.
As you may already know, this is a topic I have posted on many times, and it is what I believe [...]
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I read with interest this morning a newsreport of the Catholic News Agency on moral relativism and the rise of Satanism.
Carlo Climati, the press director of the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical University in Rome told the Catholic News Agency (CNA) that Satanism “destroys those universal values that are written in the hearts of each human [...]
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