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Category Archives: Death

Trauma and the Death of the Body of Christ

April 15, 2017by John DeCostanza Leave a comment

Trauma and the Death of the Body of Christ[i] When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. He went […]

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Death, Embodiment, Grief, Healing, Holy Saturday, Suffering, Theology and Culture, trauma

CAN THESE BONES LIVE?: PRACTICING SANCTUARY IN A VALLEY OF BONES

March 1, 2017by Leo Guardado 1 Comment

The following reflection was delivered at the Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana on February 28, 2017. Ezekiel 37:1-6: The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he […]

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Church, Death, Ecclesiology, Ethics and Moral Theology

M.I.A., Refugees, & the Church–“What’s up with that?”

November 28, 2015by Leo Guardado 4 Comments

After analyzing M.I.A’s latest song and music video, this blog entry raises questions about what it means to be church in the midst of the refugee crisis and argues that when refugees drown, we the Church drown too

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Art, Baptism, Bishops, Catholic Identity, Catholic Social Teaching, Catholicism, Christian Life, Church, Common Good, Communion of Saints, Death, Discipleship, Ecclesiology, Ecumenism, Eschatology, Ethics and Moral Theology, Holy Spirit, Immigration, Islam, Justice, Kingdom of God, Leo Guardado, Liberation Theology, Media, People of God, Pneumatology, Politics, Pope Francis, Prophet, Race, Racism, Redemption, Salvation, Silence, Social Justice, Solidarity, Suffering, Theology and Church, Theology and Culture

“Pray for My Mom”

August 27, 2015by Andrew Staron 3 Comments

  Augustine’s Confessions. Very few other books have left their mark on an entire civilization as deeply as this one narrative of sin and grace. Less an autobiography in the […]

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Afterlife, Catholicism, Communion of Saints, Community, Death, Family, Grace, Grief

The Gospel, Mercy, and Chemotherapy

August 3, 2015by Meg Stapleton Smith 4 Comments

The first time I walked into the “chemo room”, I wanted out. I was there to support my friend, but he was far calmer than I. Let’s just say that […]

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Afterlife, Death, Discernment, Mercy, Synoptic Gospels

Holy Saturday: The Sparrow Still Falls

April 4, 2015by John DeCostanza 3 Comments

By John DeCostanza, Jr.   “There’s an old Jewish story that says in the beginning God was everywhere and everything, a totality. But to make creation, God had to remove Himself […]

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Death, Guest Post, Holy Saturday, Hope

“Die Before You Die”: Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion

April 3, 2015by Christine E. McCarthy 1 Comment

  Part of the wisdom of the passion liturgies is the extent to which the congregation participates in the reading: called to our feet, we read aloud, in unison, the […]

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Christian Life, Conversion, Death, Discernment, Good Friday, Hope, Lent

“He Became Perturbed and Deeply Troubled” – The Com-passion of Christ in the Face of Evil

March 21, 2015by Marc Vincent Rugani 4 Comments

Two weeks from the celebration of the Resurrection of the Lord, and one week from Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, the readings from the fourth gospel, John 11, invite […]

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Death, Evil, Ignatian Spirituality, Lectionary, Lent, Suffering, Theodicy

Rituals of Hope and All Souls’ Day

November 2, 2014by Katharine Mahon 2 Comments

The theology of All Souls’ Day is often explained in connection with Purgatory; for example, Michael Rubbelke wrote a great post on Purgatory and prayers for the dead last year […]

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Afterlife, Christian Life, Death, Eucharist, Hope, Liturgy, Resurrection, Sacrament, Saints, Uncategorized

Finding Faith in The Simpsons: The Top Five Theological Episodes of The Simpsons

August 27, 2014by Katharine Mahon 1 Comment

One of the longest-running comedies in history, The Simpsons is currently airing in a massive marathon on the FXX network. It’s an enormous Simpsons event: not only will it take […]

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