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July 2021

July 06, 2021

Don’t Be Filled With Selfish Contention

“By insolence the heedless make strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom” (Prov....

March 2021

March 11, 2021

Politicians And Laws Must Work For The Common Good

Government should work for the common good. Politics should be about establishing the best policies...

February 2021

February 12, 2021

Jobs And The Common Good

Pope Francis, in his important encyclical, Laudato si’, reminds us that politics and the economy...

February 04, 2021

The COVID19 Threat And Sports

The COVID19 pandemic not only continues, its threat to society worsens as mutations are making...

January 2021

January 11, 2021

After The Recent Coup Attempt, Christians Must Speak Up And Resist Evil Coming From Within The Church

Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount, said it is better for the body to...

July 2020

July 26, 2020

The Common Good And The Feeding of the Five Thousand

The feeding of the five thousand (which really, was more than five thousand, because the...

June 2020

June 02, 2020

Economics Must Serve The Common Good

Economics should serve humanity, not humanity, economics. Those with economic privilege, those who have accumulated...

May 2020

May 29, 2020

George Floyd, Systematic Racism And The Need To Change Society

Christians must reject all forms of racism, for, as St. John Paul II declared, “Racism...

May 07, 2020

As COVID-19 Continues To Spread, A False Notion Of Freedom Threatens Us All

Despite the fact that COVID-19 continues to be a major threat to the United States,...

May 01, 2020

What Good Is There In Going To Church If We Do Not Love Our Neighbor?

When disease strikes, we deal with it as is needed. It affects our lives. We...

April 2020

April 22, 2020

We Should Acknowledge The Plight Of The People While Rejecting The Protests Against The Governors

Throughout the United States, pockets of protestors have sprung up, demanding governors to remove quarantine...

April 21, 2020

Paul Did Not Want Us To Be Idle

Sometimes, when told that God expects Christians to take care of the poor, someone will...

April 08, 2020

For the Sake of the Common Good, Save the Postal Service

Through the pride of his riches the rich man rules over other men, whom he...

March 2020

March 24, 2020

Christians Must Promote the Common Good, and Not Scapegoat Others, During the Coronavirus Pandemic

The Black Plague led to all kinds of scapegoating as people wanted to find someone...

December 2019

December 31, 2019

State of the World Going Into 2020

When we look to the world today, it is in bad shape. It is burning...

August 2019

August 16, 2019

The Prophets of Climate Change Warn Us Of Our Potential Doom

Scripture is full stories with prophetic warnings about potential futures. Whether we take them as...

May 2019

May 14, 2019

Tolkien and the Alt-Right Orcs: Tolkien’s Forewarning and Rejection of the New Ultranationalism

Many fans of J.R.R. Tolkien like to use his works to promote war. Others, likewise,...

May 07, 2019

We Are Responsible To The Future

Great disaster, apocalyptic disaster, threatens the earth. We have done much to change the world...

November 2018

November 07, 2018

Now Is Not The Time To Become Complacent

In the early years of the Christian faith, Christians found themselves in a rather unusual...

October 2018

October 24, 2018

Christians Must Be Universal (Catholic) and Not Nationalistic In Their Engagement Of The World

This week, Trump declared himself to a nationalist. “America First” is, as many have known...

July 2018

July 31, 2018

The Truth Is Found In The Promotion Of The Common Good

The news media plays an important role in that it helps form and spread public...

April 2018

April 12, 2018

Tolkien, Pluralism and the Church

In The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien, with his mythopoetic style, created a world filled...

January 2018

January 30, 2018

The Common Good Must Not Be Privatized For the Sake of Profit

Time and time again, we often need to be reminded that we cannot justify the...

January 18, 2018

We Must Oppose Any Injustices Promoted By Capitalism

Would that gold – the cursed craving of which the Poet spoke – could be...

July 2017

July 19, 2017

God Is Justice: To Follow God, We Must Act Through Justice

God, being good, justly distributes his goodness to the world. This is because, as divine...

January 2017

January 26, 2017

What Could Go Wrong?

Trump promotes torture as a good, saying it works. What exactly does it do? How...

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