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The Water Belongs to Everyone: Catholic Teaching and the Bargaining over the Strait of Hormuz
Iran and the U.S. are bargaining over the Strait of Hormuz. Catholic social teaching says a waterway given to the whole human…
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Take Courage, It Is I
A Catholic reflection on Jeremiah 28 and Matthew 14:22-36: Hananiah’s comfortable lie, Jesus walking on the sea, and Peter’s sinking faith.
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The Lights Were the Bargaining Chip: What the Church Says About Threatening a Nation’s Power Grid
Trump called off strikes on Iran’s energy sites. A Catholic deacon on why the Church forbids making a whole population suffer to…
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Come Hungry, Leave Full
A reflection on Isaiah 55:1-3 and Matthew 14:13-21, the feeding of the five thousand, and God’s free, abundant banquet.
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No Agreement, Just a Threat: The Church on a Peace Built Without Truth
Trump and Hamas give contradictory accounts of the Gaza disarmament deal. A Catholic look at why peace requires truth before justice or…
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Speak the Truth and Leave the Rest to God
A reflection on Jeremiah 26:11-16,24 and Matthew 14:1-12, the death of John the Baptist, and the Feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori.
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Inventory and Storage, Not Disarmament: What the Church Asks of a Peace Neither Side Will Name
Trump’s Gaza disarmament deal calls it disarmament; Hamas calls it inventory and storage. What Catholic social teaching asks of a peace built…
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A Prophet in His Own House
A reflection on Jeremiah 26:1-9 and Matthew 13:54-58 for the Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola: why familiarity blinded Nazareth to Christ.
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“It’s Our Turn”: What the Church Says About a War Run on Reprisal
The US struck Iran because Iran struck first. A Catholic look at why reprisal is not a reason the Church accepts, and…
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Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 2, 2026
Isaiah 55, Psalm 145, Romans 8, Matthew 14: the banquet that costs nothing, two banquets in one chapter, and why broken bread…