For the last 15 months, my wife and I have been waiting. Waiting, specifically, to adopt a child from the foster system in the State of Indiana. It should not have taken this long, but […]
Category: Christmas Season
Common Ground Is Holy Ground: Spirituality of Dialogue and Participation in the Trinity
On the Feast of St. Basil, theologian of the Trinity, Daily Theology’s celebration of the Christmas season continues with a guest post by Dannis Matteson. “What will it take to make the engagement in […]
“A Sign That Will Be Contradicted”: On Conscience and Christian Praxis
Today’s mass readings took me right out of Christmas and straight to the Passion. I love reading familiar passages with new eyes but, let me be honest, sometimes the surprise is uncomfortable. So it goes. […]
The Scandal of One Solitary Life
Every Christmas season I venture into midtown Manhattan to see the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center and to light a candle at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Some childhood traditions, such as these, will never leave. A […]
Jesus is Outside
He was scandalously conceived outside of a proper marriage, born outside of his society’s attention, and immediately a refugee outside his homeland as he fled brutal political power. He brought contempt and rejection upon himself […]
Finding Joy in Pope John XXIII
Looking for a last minute Christmas gift idea for an informed Catholic? If so, you might consider a fun—yet insightful—book about Saint John XXIII by Br. Mickey McGrath, OSFS, a skilled illustrator and artist. This […]
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