Jesus’ first miracle
As I type this on Thursday, I’ve finished saying the Luminous Mysteries. When we think of the miracles of Jesus, physical healings probably jump to mind first since they are recorded so frequently in the Gospels. There are a few Eucharistic-type miracles where Jesus feeds huge hungry crowds with a small amount of food (five loaves of bread would probably last a week in our house. I think...
read moreShould priests be political?
An old friend of mine (a Democrat) was recently telling me how angry she was at Archbishop Chaput for “politicizing the Church”. By preaching on how there should be religious freedom and that the laws should not support infanticide, she felt the Archbishop was overstepping his role as a priest and dipping his toe into the pool of politics. We see claims like this all the time in the...
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