Today, August 6th, is an unusually rich day for biblical reflection and the prayerful space it can lead us into. In many Christian denominations, today is the day to celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration. […]
Tag: Justice
Why Aren’t We Talking About Chemical Castration?
By David Byrne On June 10th a law was signed by Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey that compels people convicted of sexual offenses on victims under 13 to be chemically castrated prior to and post […]
Joy and Justice
Today is Gaudete Sunday: the third week of Advent, the Sunday of Joy. If we take a look at the readings as a whole we find that joy is not the only major theme. Justice […]
Imagining Faith: A Tribute to Dr. King
I have to go soon, I don’t have much time. This is my last class teaching at Notre Dame. Have I found the voice with which I sing? Have I found the voice with which […]
Seven Ways to Not Be a Complicit Academic
Three years and six days ago, an unarmed young black man named Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. In the aftermath of the unrest that followed the […]
Becoming a Better Friend to Job
In this Sunday’s first reading we walk in on the third act of a much longer play. Act One was set in the heavenly court where God is speaking with the satan, literally “the accuser,” […]
Was Jesus Tortured?
This year, on the First Wednesday of Advent (Dec 3), the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence published a report on the CIA’s interrogation tactics between late 2001 and early 2009, when President Obama took office and banned “enhanced interrogation […]
The Second Sunday of Advent: To Breathe in a New Heaven and a New Earth
Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her service is at an end, her guilt is expiated; indeed, she has received from the hand […]
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