theology
Hope Against Hope
Monday, September 24th, 2007This weekend I went biking along a new-to-me bike path. New trails are always fun to ride because you don’t know what to expect. It turns out that this bike path went through an area with vacant lots, a railroad yard, and some abandoned buildings. There was hardly anyone around which seemed odd. We got […]
The “Subsists In” Debate
Thursday, July 19th, 2007A few people have asked me about the Pope’s recent comment regarding the Catholic Church. Dawn, for example, asked, “I was wondering what you thought about the Pope’s recent talk about how the Catholic Church is the only Church, anything else doesn’t count. I’m finding myself to be greatly disturbed by this.”
In a June 29 […]
Training: for a triathlon and for God
Monday, July 16th, 2007As I get closer and closer to my first triathlon, I’m trying to get in as much training as possible without wiping myself out or neglecting my nunly responsibilities. I am also increasingly reflecting on the discipline of training and how much it has in common with the spiritual life.
More and more I hear in […]
Ten Commandments for Drivers
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007Have you seen this little news item? The Vatican has issued 10 Commandments for drivers. What a great idea … both the commandments themselves and the fact that the Church is addressing something very practical that most of us do or encounter in our daily lives.
So what are they? Read on …
The Drivers’ Ten Commandments
1. […]
Pope on the Eucharist and Consecrated Life
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007From the recent apostolic exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis (February 22, 2007) of Pope Benedict XVI on the Eucharist as the source and summit of the Church’s life and mission …
81. The relationship of the Eucharist to the various ecclesial vocations is seen in a particularly vivid way in “the prophetic witness of consecrated men and […]
