The Snakes Have Returned to Ireland
by John DugganSt. Patrick’s Day is a new kind of “Ireland Day,” and the celebrations reflect the spirit of the times. Continue Reading »
Mine Eyes Have Seen Thy Salvation
by Victor Lee AustinJesus’s entrance into this world would be of no importance had he not been offered up as a sacrifice for the millennially-problematic human being. Continue Reading »
An All-Too-Moveable Feast
by Charlotte AllenWhen you ease up on distinctive Catholic practices, such as celebrating Mass on Ascension Thursday, people forget they have any Catholic identity at all. Continue Reading »
Post-Pentecostal Depression
by Robert P. ImbelliWe need festal time, to express our full joy at the coming of the Holy Spirit. Continue Reading »
The Fifty-Day Party
by George WeigelEaster offers each of us the opportunity to reflect on the commission to be missionary disciples we were given at baptism. Continue Reading »
No Authority Over Divine Law
by J. D. FlynnThe norms for abstention on St. Patrick’s Day provide an important insight into the ongoing divide over Amoris Laetitia. Continue Reading »
On Roman Holy Days
by Br. Michael BaggotThe September 14 liturgical feast of the Triumph of the Cross celebrates a radical revolution in our approach to human debility. The lame, the disfigured, the abandoned are no longer burdens upon society’s limited resources, doomed to a frustrated existence. Instead, they can clutch the cross that recalls the one who knows their woes and gives meaning to their anguish. Continue Reading »
It's Vespers Somewhere
by Logan Paul GageGrowing up as the son of a Baptist minister I confess that my attitude toward alcohol was, at one time, less than positive. Drink was associated in my mind with drunkenness. Like most late-Gen X/early-Millennial evangelicals, my attitude changed. In fact, even my parents now enjoy a glass of wine on occasion.What I regret most about this upbringing is not the absence of adult beverages. Having an aversion to these things as a teenager may well have saved me a host of troubles. What I regret is not having been initiated in a positive manner into the enjoyment of fine drink by older and wiser men, for the culture and community in which we learn to drink affects us well into the future. I had to stumble around, so to speak, and find my own way. Continue Reading »
Feast of St. Joseph, Guardian of Our Lord
by Paul T. McCainScripture Readings2 Samuel 7:4-16Romans 4:13-18Matthew 2:13-15; 2:19-23We pray:Almighty God, from the house of Your servant David You raised up Joseph to be the guardian of Your incarnate Son and the husband of His mother, Mary. Grant us grace to follow the example of this faithful workman in . . . . Continue Reading »
Unremarkable Matthias
by Paul T. McCainA sermon by my colleague, Rev. Dr. Benjamin Mayes, on this day of St. Matthias, Apostle and Martyr.Unremarkable MatthiasIn the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Dearly Beloved:Matthias is unremarkable. We have his feast on our Evangelical-Lutheran church year calendar simply . . . . Continue Reading »
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