DEPO and the Personal Ministry of Bishops
Why might a parish conclude that it needs pastoral oversight from a bishop who concurs with its understanding of the gospel?
Things Fall Apart: Musings on Eucharistic Hospitality
Every parish my family has visited in California has made it very clear that absolutely everyone is invited to the altar for Communion.
What Your Vows Meant
This is a defense of the marriage vows: these words have enduring theological power. They are not merely romantic. They provide a thick and specifically Christian account of marriage
What Mary Received in the Eucharist
If we ever take the Eucharist for granted, meditating on Mary’s relationship with the sacrament would be a fitting remedy.
Acts and Sacraments
The Church renews us with temporal sacraments and sketches of heavenly things.
What are we doing, and why, in infant baptism?
Getting baptized means that you are being brought into Jesus’ family.
What is the sign of the cross?
"The sign of the cross is a prayer."
Baptism: A new birth into a living hope
Baptism's new reality forms the very core of our faith in God and our understanding of ourselves — in baptism we have been united to Christ and given his risen, powerful, incorruptible life.