We've received a torrent of scandals in the Catholic Church this summer. The flood waters overflow the river banks in life-and-death seriousness. Our Ordinariate context In some ways, I feel insulated from the crisis in the Ordinariate, as clericalism isn't part of our culture, and most … [Read more...] about Being the Church Against the Tide
Archives for August 2018
How to pray in the midst of the crisis
We are living in, what I believe, is the worst scandal in the history of the Catholic Church. We must understand the Feast of the Assumption in terms of that reality. We have the Grand Jury report, released just yesterday, bringing to light even greater depths of the horrid abuse that most of us … [Read more...] about How to pray in the midst of the crisis
Bridging Two Worlds
In order to fully understand Scripture, we need to bridge two worlds, connecting the original context with our own. That's not too hard to do with our Mass readings this week. Jeremiah lamented about the failure of God's people to embrace God's truth with vitality. And in a Gospel reading, Jesus … [Read more...] about Bridging Two Worlds