We all know that pride is a deadly sin, but can it also be a virtue? I’d say yes. There’s a good side to pride. The question a spiritual director might ask to see which side of this you’re on is this: “Are you too proud or are you not proud enough?” I’d like to […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
God provides, in spite of the weeds Wisdom 12:13, 16-19 Romans 8:26-27 Matthew 13:24-43 The Book of Wisdom, which provides this weekend’s first reading, is the name not only of this book of the Old Testament, but of an entire genre of writings. Collectively, their purpose is to convey in human language, and for human […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: ‘Are statues religious idols?’
Q. In the Book of Revelation (9:20), I read this: “The rest of the human race, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, to give up the worship of demons and idols made from gold, silver, bronze and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.” […]
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: Renegade researchers and the future of biomedical research
Producing human embryos in the laboratory for research purposes makes most people uneasy. Even those who tolerate the creation of embryos in test tubes so that infertile couples might have children will often have reservations about the creation of embryos to serve as experimental research material or to destroy them for their cellular parts. Twenty […]
Father Eugene Hemrick: Looking at the world in the right light
Do you get up on the wrong side of the bed more often than not? If you watch or read the daily news, I can’t blame you. Iraq is in turmoil. Syria is in shambles. Here at home, we have experienced tornadoes and many couldn’t pull away from Nebraska’s recent double tornadoes, or “twin tornadoes” […]
Kathleen T. Choi: A modest proposal
Recently, Prince William’s wife Katherine was heading toward a helicopter. Rotor backwash lifted her skirt, and she did not appear to be wearing underpants. Some commentators thought Katherine’s lack of lingerie showed poor judgment. Most, though, criticized the photographer and the publisher of the resulting picture. A few echoed Kathie Lee Gifford’s remark, “If I […]
Kathleen T. Choi: Small acts of kindness
Despite signing up with the Do Not Call Registry, we regularly hear from telemarketers. I’ve read suggestions on how to let them know how unwelcome their intrusion is. However, I figure they’re doing a crummy job for lousy pay. So I hear them out and then say, “No thank you.” My husband shows similar […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
God awaits our call Zechariah 9:9-10 Romans 8:9, 11-13 Matthew 11:25-30 This weekend, the first reading is from the Book of Zechariah. Zechariah was of the priestly caste and was born in Babylon. His birth occurred during the time when many Jews were in forced exile in the Babylonian capital. He went to the Holy […]
Viriditas: Sister Verone Leeman, Franciscan Sisters of Charity
Christ within the community Nearly 50 years ago, back in the 1960s, I was assigned as a teacher at St. Theresa School in Kekaha, Kauai. After I left teaching, I went into nursing, then did some library and secretarial work followed by serving the past 15 years as the cook at St. Francis Convent in […]
Mary Adamski: Peace be with you
Pentecost usually charges me up. The idea of the Holy Spirit taking hold of my brain and expanding my understanding of my world with God in it, the imagery of tongues of fire alighting on all Christians through the ages, not just the first few; I can track that back to a brilliant teacher in […]
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