December 26, 2025. It is the feast of Saint Stephen the first of the martyrs. In Acts Chapter 6 and 7 we hear of Saint Stephen and the role he played in the Church. We also see how it came to be that he was killed as he witnessed to Christ, our Messiah and Lord. …
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It’s me, the unrighteous steward (repeat post)
Here we are, the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time on cycle C of the Lectionary. Luke 16:1-13 is the Gospel. You know, the one about the “dishonest steward” who was getting fired for squandering his master’s goods. Here is my old take on this marvelous parable. The dishonest steward – right before his was “canned” …
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Friendships, Love, and Partnerships
The Catholic Church has an extensive set of teachings about love, and marriage, and sexuality. These teachings are quite articulate. But again, they are vast because they are “extensive.” So, the summaries and impressions often shared about these teachings can easily go astray from what are our religious beliefs, or moral principles, really are in …
Humanae Vitae, Contraception, Marriage, and the Cross of Christ
For many reasons I have wanted to start a discussion about Humanae Vitae. That 1968 document from Pope Paul VI, to me, gets at the core of everything that has gone wrong with sexual mores – rather sexual immorality, sexual confusion, and now 21st century sexual Gnosticism – in the past 60 years. What follows …
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