One Ash Wednesday, my dad announced to my brother and I that for Lent he would be fasting on bread and water on Wednesdays and Fridays. He wondered if we would like to join him.
Aaron and I looked at each other thinking he had flipped his lid. Aaron said he’d stick to giving up arguing; I said I’d continue to refrain from hitting Aaron until Easter. With all of our resolutions on the table we were ready to begin our Lenten regimen. More…
“If anything can go wrong, it will.” Capt. Edward A. Murphy.
Captain Murphy
We’re all familiar with the Law, but few know about the man for whom the law was named, and fewer still realize that Murphy was a thomist. More…
I couldn’t resist a second post for today: the latest from the Brothers in Black:
Answer: the Bible is not a science journal.
But think about it. A day is the period of time that it takes for the earth to rotate on its axis with respect to the sun. More…
Here’s a great new project.
Here’s a video that I found very inspiring. It’s from a series of six videos you can watch on Youtube about chastity and love. It’s message is to educate young people about the meaning of sexuality and the harm of promiscuous behavior: More…
What is a fractal and what does it have to do with my faith? Read this reflection from Fr Matthew and find out.
I didn’t give a homily in English this weekend. This is a reflection somewhat similar to the homily I gave in Portuguese, based on today’s readings.
Have you ever heard of fractals? They are mathematical patterns that are “self-similar” – which is to say, they have identical or similar structures on different scales or levels of magnification. Put more simply, if you look at one part of the pattern, then zoom in closer (or zoom out), it still looks the much the same as it did before. The same kinds of structures or patterns happen on the small, medium, and large scales (see the illustration below).
What does this have to do with our faith? In a way, the history of salvation is like a fractal.
The overall story is that humanity has become alienated from God through the sin of the first human beings, Adam and Eve. Through God’s initiative…
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Some original artwork and a brief reflection from one of my students for the Feast of St. Joseph. Well, the art is from the Brother, the reflection is from Pope Benedict.
Fr Jason Smith
Fr Jose LaBoy
Recently the Administrative Committee of the USCCB released a Statement in which they express several important aspects behind the HHS mandate.
There seemingly has been some debate whether the mandate is about contraception or about Religious Freedom. Recent articles have been emphasizing one or the other. In reality both have to be taken into account but not in the same way.
The emphasis on it being an issue of religious freedom can make it seem that the evil of contraception is just a religious belief, More…
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