Brendan, we are all prone to developing a superiority complex. When this takes hold we start the dehumanization process of the "other." Without self reflection on my own "shadow" or "sinfulness" I wi
This is the greatest scandal of my lifetime, and I fear it reaches even farther than what Brendan so powerfully describes. In the second century the church cracked down on Marcion and his denunciation
Dear Brendan thank you for your article. There are indeed many a conundrum about how it has come to this.
Without doubt we are in a colonial mentality. And a theology of empire is implicit if not ov
This Gospel always is a puzzle to me. The people of Nazareth were speaking well of Jesus. Why does he go out of his way to rub them up the wrong way?
Can anyone enlighten me?
The first reading, from one of the latest writings of our Old Testament (some even date it into the second Christian century) is tinged with Platonism, especially in its emphasis on how the perishabl
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Our kindness is never lost in Heaven!!
Homily:
Testimony: One of my friends, a woman of simple means, did her regular biweekly grocery shopping at Costc
Fr Ned, it could be worse -- we could all be Thomists.
The fake Leo XIV websites are increasingly rampant. Some are linked to Elon Musk and Tesla. Others draw on genuine statements of Leo XIV before
All very well said!
It remains only to question the line sold by Constantine after 312 CE - that he had seen the legend 'In Hoc Signo Vinces' ('In This Sign Conquer') under the Sign of the Cross, pr
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