Parish bulletins are not usually memorable. But at least one is stuck in my memory banks. Several years ago, visiting a parish, I was surprised to read a pointed message from the pastor in the bulletin. After lamenting several moral failings within the parish...
Commands are Cures for A Christian – A Reflection on the First Reading for the Third Sunday in Lent...
The first reading today contains the Ten Commandments and thereby communicates a brief but sweeping summary of the Christian and Biblical moral vision. Now, there is a tendency to reduce the Christian moral vision merely to a set of rules. And it is a sad fact that the Catholic Church is often identified by many more for her rules than anything else.
You’re Going to Have to Do Better Than That...
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