We Are All Called to Lives of Holiness
Last week, Fr. Jonathan Morris of Fox News fame announced that he has decided to leave the priesthood and is petitioning for laicization. In response to the very public announcement of his decision, I was immediately struck by how little so many respondents understood the nature of the priesthood. I was also disheartened to see …
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As we begin a New Year with the Church embroiled in ever deepening scandal, we all must ask ourselves: What can I do in response? What can I do in the face of so much evil, incompetence, injustice, and lack of charity? The solutions are difficult and will take decades — if not centuries — …
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Sacred Scripture is filled with unlikely messengers. Men and women who are never the "right" messenger. They are too old, too young, too male, too female, not from the right town, not a priest, they are a priest, not a king, they are a king. There's always something wrong with them according to their listeners. …
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Image taken from Wiki Commons I've been spending this Advent trying to enter into stillness and waiting. I am very bad at both. I'm a person of action, so being told that I'm to sit still and wait for God's mission for me has been difficult. It's felt more like a wrestling match than stillness. …
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Swimming the Depths 