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April 2020

April 19, 2020

Thomas, a Saint for Social Media, and Another Thought from Divine Mercy Sunday’s Gospel

People used to say, “I’m from Missouri, show me” -- and you didn’t even have...

April 16, 2020

Father J. P. Grayland on Clerics’ Eucharistic Fast during Pandemic

A New Zealand parish priest has an interesting take on the Church’s liturgical response to...

April 13, 2020

A Jubilee — What if We Had One Today?

An Imaginative Economic Venture This is a strange economic time, this time of the covid-19...

April 06, 2020

Pandemic Prayer to Mary by Pope Francis

I just added a pandemic prayer, Pope Francis’ “Prayer to Mary during Coronavirus Pandemic,” to...

April 02, 2020

The Person and a Balthasarian Thought about Who I Am

Who am I? It’s a question addressed in parlor games, odd moments of reflection and...

March 2020

March 24, 2020

Remembering Oscar Romero on his Feast Day

Today Common Prayer for Ordinary Radicals remembers the not-so-ordinary radical Oscar Romero. It is the...

March 21, 2020

Corona, Global Warming, Sacrifice, and Hope

Before the corona virus epidemic, I was a climate change pessimist. I’m a bit more...

March 16, 2020

Rachel Corrie Remembered on the Day she Died Advocating for Palestinians

I’m reading the e-mails of Rachel Corrie, whom I’m counting among the “ordinary radicals” of...

March 14, 2020

Maximilian of Thavaste, Martyr, First Recorded Conscientious Objector

Military Wiki, a free military encyclopedia to which anyone can contribute, isn’t all about honor...

March 10, 2020

Globalization, the One and the Many, and Jesus

In economics globalization seems inevitable if anything is. But at a recent Vatican meeting of...

March 04, 2020

Bishop Robert Barron Pens “Letter” on Clergy Sex Abuse

For a communicator bishop like Bishop Robert Barron, Letter to a Suffering Church, on the...

March 02, 2020

Consumer Culture Forms us Morally and Spiritually. So does Eucharist.

Consumer Culture engages powerfully in our moral and spiritual formation. That formation, William T. Cavanaugh...

February 2020

February 28, 2020

Lent Season to Begin Sunday (!)

What? Ash Wednesday was two days ago, and I haven’t sworn for going on three...

February 26, 2020

Detachment or Attachment: Being Consumed Chapter 2, Part 1

I have an attachment to my material things. If it’s a rock that I found...

February 24, 2020

Freedom and Unfreedom in the Free Market: Being Consumed, Chapter 1

Everyone is free in the free market, but what kind of freedom is that? William...

February 22, 2020

Being Consumed: A look at William T. Cavanaugh’s Book on Economics and Christian Desire

Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire is the second book by William T. Cavanaugh to...

February 19, 2020

James Groppi, Milwaukee Priest, Civil Rights Activist

This month, February, we remember events and heroes of the civil rights movement. I’m thinking...

February 10, 2020

The Catholic Altar Call: Communion and Liturgical Wishes

Altar call: A tradition in some evangelical Christian churches in which those who wish to...

February 07, 2020

Bolsonaro, Evangelization isn’t This: Ex Evangelical Missionary Heads Department for Brazil’s Isolated Tribes

Last fall’s Synod on the Amazon made clear the difference between Catholic and some evangelical...

February 03, 2020

Marcella of Rome, the Woman who Taught St. Jerome

Women couldn’t be teachers, at least not of men, in the early centuries of the...

January 2020

January 31, 2020

At the Consecration: To Elevate or to Show? Liturgical Wishes, Part 2

In recent years I have seen some priests taking a step backwards to my childhood...

January 29, 2020

Ecological Sin — It Makes Sense … and Controversy

“Ecological sin: Idea of updating catechism sparks debate.” Catholic News Service ran this article as...

January 26, 2020

Liturgical Wishes, or Things I would Change if I Could: The Tabernacle

I have just completed in several posts a journey through the Mass, getting help from...

January 20, 2020

“Ite Missa Est” – Go the Mass is … Begun

……………………………………………………………………………………………… A dis– MISSA –l sends us on MISS –ion to the world. What kind...

January 13, 2020

The Loneliest Woman in the Bible

An article in AARP Magazine has me thinking about loneliness in our lives and lonely...

January 11, 2020

Baptized into Death – Circumcision wasn’t Radical Enough for Jesus.

Some of Jesus’ first followers had trouble with Jesus’ baptism by John. If anything, Jesus...

January 03, 2020

Basiliad: Basil of Caesarea, Social Justice, and the World’s First Hospital

Basil of Caesarea, well-known as a theologian, anti-Arian apologist, and defender of the Trinitarian theology...

January 02, 2020

Elder Raoni Metuktire, age near 90, Fights for Amazonia, its Indigenous Peoples, and All of Us

There probably is no region on earth where human activity has greater impact on my...

December 2019

December 31, 2019

Watch Night, Celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation, Started Dec. 31, 1862

Established in African-American communities on December 31, 1862, Watch Night is a gathering to celebrate...

December 28, 2019

The Communion Rite, the Dangerous Work of the Liturgy

Communion is the most important part of the Mass. I believe that now, but I...

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