The Dispatch
The scandalizing, thankless job of the Prophets
On the Readings for Sunday, July 8, 2018 […]
Jeremiah
The Dispatch
Earthen vessels and surpassing power
“But we hold this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassing power may be of God and not from us.” — 2 Corinthians 4:7 One Saturday afternoon, I was hearing confessions at my regular weekend […]
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The Road of Gathering, Exodus, and Salvation
Readings: • Jer 31:7-9 • Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 • Heb 5:1-6 • Mk 10:46-52 “In the beginning,” states Lumen Gentium, the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, “God made human nature one […]
Essay
Why we stay, and the Vigano Testimony
The Church’s current crisis is a crisis of fidelity and a crisis of holiness, a crisis of infidelity and a crisis of sin. It is […]
Essay
Hope in the Face of Crisis
Jesus Christ is both the source and the object of our hope. Even during times of crisis, he remains with us as he promised he […]
Essay
“Woe to the shepherds who mislead and scatter the flock …”
On the Readings for Sunday, July 22, 2018. […]