Archive for the ‘Opinions’ Category

The Janitorial Conspiracy

While the national and international media have been mired in the minutiae of the Obama administration’s triple scandal, our crack investigative staff have uncovered the real story. And it is more dramatic than the sensationalism that has been passing for news. Let us first recap the major details of the scandals, in the order of [...]

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Two Square Yards

“It won’t fit into two square yards.” Perhaps that statement was on the mind of Saint Cyprian as he wrote about those who would store up treasure in “earthly” riches: “Their property held them in chains…chains which shackled their courage and choked their faith and hampered their judgment and throttled their souls…If they stored up [...]

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Love Simply Has To Give Itself To Others

An understanding of the Holy Trinity remains incomprehensible to us, a mystery. Our finite human minds cannot reach around the totality of its truth and assimilate all that it is. But because of the revelation of Jesus Christ the reality of the Holy Trinity is intelligible to us. While we can’t grasp the nature of [...]

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That We May Engage The Spirit In Our Lives

Today is the birthday of the Church. On Pentecost, the fiftieth day after Easter, we celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and Mary. This great feast marks the end of the Easter season and commemorates the beginning of the Church’s ministry to the world. In the 50 days following the resurrection [...]

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So This Is Marriage?

Recently, a friend stumbled upon the following Facebook question and thread. “Some say marriage is the best. Some say it isn’t worth it. I’ve lived in four different homes in three different states with my soul mate. And we share a car in both our names. Lol. Do we need a piece of paper to [...]

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For Fans of Francis: The Books on Bergoglio

Pope Francis has already been very good for the publishing industry.

Pope Francis Launches MISSIO as Church Goes Mobile

The MISSIO app signals a keen recognition by the Church of the changing ways that people, including the faithful, consume news and information.

More Language Peeves

It must have happened during one of those moments when I wasn’t looking, but there’s no question that it did happen. I’m referring to the disappearance of fractions in communication. Here are two sentences that I recently encountered, not in casual conversation, but in published books:  “Babies who were breast-fed had four times fewer respiratory [...]

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There Is No Such Thing As A Self-less Act

“There is no such thing as a self-less act.” Those were the words recently hurled at me by one of my students. And I must say that I was taken aback. To clarify, the discussion occurred in an economics course and the topic was self-interest. Most economists acknowledge that our economic choices occur at the margin; that [...]

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Placing Jesus At The Center Of Our Lives

Over 120 years ago there was a family by the name of Carpenter who lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. The oldest son was named Charles, and while he knew his corner of the state like the back of his hand, he had no conception of the larger world—until his father took [...]

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