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Reflections, essays, and dispatches from the Catholic Paradigm.
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Swept and Put in Order
Galatians 3:7-14 and Luke 11:15-26 on the Memorial of Saint Denis: Christ took the curse to give us the Spirit, and a house swept clean and left empty invites worse.
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Worse Disorders: What the Church Asks Before Anyone Takes Up Arms Against a Government
Tigrayan forces have reopened war in Ethiopia. The Church permits armed resistance to tyranny only if five conditions are all met. This…
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Beautiful in Its Time
Ecclesiastes 3 and Luke 9:18-22: God makes everything beautiful in its time, and Peter learns the Christ must suffer. On trusting God’s…
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A Truce Until January: What the Church Asks of Two Powers That Need Each Other
Xi Jinping is at the White House with a trade truce that runs only to January 10. The Church calls their interdependence…
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Something New Under the Sun
A deacon’s reflection on Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 and Luke 9:7-9: why the eye is never satisfied, and how to turn Herod’s curiosity into…
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Reason, Justice, Law and Negotiation: What the Church Asks of a President Weighing a Deal Against Annihilation
Trump told the UN he must choose a deal with Iran or annihilation. From that same hall in 1965, Paul VI gave…
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Take Nothing for the Journey
Proverbs 30 and Luke 9:1-6 on trusting God to provide: Agur’s prayer for daily bread, the Twelve sent out with nothing, and…
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The Right Belongs to You: What the Church Teaches When a Government Picks Its Press
Three outlets banned from the White House, a network pool suspended. The Church says the right to information belongs to the citizen,…
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The Lord Weighs the Heart
Proverbs 21 says every way seems right in our own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart. A deacon on Proverbs 21:1-13…
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Take the Housing Back: What the Church Teaches About Who a Home Is For
Berlin voted to expropriate corporate landlords. The Church calls property an instrument of the universal destination of goods, and Leo XIII refused…
Answering the hard questions: all 25 objections.