“A caress of Jesus”

Today is Holy Thursday.

The profound richness of the Last Supper comes alive in this, the beginning of the Easter Triduum.

Tonight at Mass, we will wash each other’s feet as a prelude to the Eucharistic sacrifice…

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Powerful pro life quotes from Pope Francis

Catholic social justice teaching always starts with a fundamental, God-given right to life. That’s why you’ll see bishops, priests, deacons, and busload after busload of students from Catholic high schools throughout the nation marching for life today…

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The dysfunctional family that is the Catholic Church

The Catholic Church is a big, messy family.

I’m blogging live at the Christ Our Life Catholic Conference at Wells Fargo Arena. The arena is packed with the Catholic faithful from around the Midwest. I’m guessing there are about 7500 Catholics in attendance…

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Gay atheist has much to teach liberal Christians about Christianity

The Duck Dynasty debacle reveals how Big Entertainment and Big Media try to marginalize practicing Christians. Even more, main line Protestantism is moving toward an embrace of homosexuality and away from the notion that acting on same-sex desires is sinful. A gay atheist who knows a great deal about Christianity says these Christians are misrepresenting what Christianity really says about homosexuality …

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Pope Francis' authentic Christianity

Most of us are flawed, well-intentioned hypocrites.
Here’s what I mean. We try to live our lives according to our faith, but the seduction of sin sets us back.
We try to do good, and hopefully we do, and then we go and act like lunkheads …

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