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  • 18 March. Fifth Sunday of Lent

    March 18 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    Mark 14:62 in today's passion gospel quotes Dan 7:13, "you will see the Son of Man" (NRSV) -- but that NRSV translates the Daniel text as "one like a human being" with an alternative in a footnote "a

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  • Misogyny in the Vatican

    March 8 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    I just checked and found no fewer than 45 Hünermann titles in Sophia University library. Not sure which of them deals with ordination of women. The pope emeritus's comments are dismally petty, and fu

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  • 25 March. Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion

    March 25 2018
    Pádraig McCarthy

    At the time when the day should be brightest, from the sixth hour to the ninth hour, darkness covered the earth. Darkness may cover our lives when it seems all should be bright. I almost missed the cl

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  • Misogyny in the Vatican

    March 8 2018
    Paddy Ferry

    In his March 13th article in the Irish Times, Fr. Tony Flannery said;  "I have no doubt that the unequal treatment of women is the greatest challenge facing the Catholic Church, and on how it deals

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  • Being alone does not work

    March 23 2018
    Paddy Ferry

    Mary, there is deep truth in every sentence you have written. We have just recently been discussing with other catholic friends what a great shame it is that so many priests cannot relate in an adequa

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  • 30 March: Good Friday

    March 30 2018
    Sean O'Conaill

    'All completed' repeats the trope of Jesus dying 'on our behalf' - leaving completely unanswered the question why. That is, why must our failings lead to SOMEONE ELSE suffering? Is it because the fath

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  • Being alone does not work

    March 23 2018
    Sean O'Conaill

    Further proof of the futility of seeking renewal in the church via young men's celibate vocations to the priesthood. Everyone has a calling to a life of service of others, but close companionship is e

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  • Being alone does not work

    March 23 2018
    Mary Vallely

    Very true, Brian. There are many who are intellectually gifted but emotionally stunted. There has always been far too much emphasis on academic intelligence when it is only one of many intelligences.

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  • 18 March. Fifth Sunday of Lent

    March 18 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    Here is a glimpse of the NRSV translation process from inside: http://www.bible-researcher.com/roberts1.html The mess in Hebrews 2 may be due to the editorial subcommitttee appointed to ensure consis

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  • 18 March. Fifth Sunday of Lent

    March 18 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    The problem is that "slave" has such a bad meaning in today's English that it creates a huge distraction. Of course there is also a deeper problem -- the Gospels present Jesus as being at ease with s

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