Discussion Q’s for the Weekend

(Click through to the links if you need more information.) 1. Is Shaq actually a LIABILITY for the Cavaliers? 2. Is it okay for a Christian to go trick-or-treating on Halloween? 3. Is Ken Cuccinelli a bigot because he said that homosexual acts are intrinsically wrong? Or do good people oppose same-sex marriage? 4. Is [...]

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God Asks Permission His Way

I am ashamed to admit that I am just now getting around to reading all the homilies and speeches our Holy Father gave when he was in the Israel in May. When he was preaching in the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, the Pope made a remarkable observation. He was recounting what happened at [...]

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Philly Up, Philly Down!

This whole sad, sorry mess is not a local tale of a franchise gone rotten anymore; it’s national news, almost as depressing as the real world. –Mike Wise on last night’s Redskins loss Fair amount of hype about both the Yankees and the Giants going to Philadelphia this Sunday, to play the Phillies and the [...]

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Approval-Seeking Missiles

As I sat listening to testimony about the D.C. Council’s “Same-Sex Marriage” Act, the key question that emerged in my mind is: Why is this happening? To listen to all of the Council members and most of the witnesses at the hearing, the answer would be: It is happening became this is a matter of [...]

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Praying for Miracles

As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging. On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, son of David, have pity on me.” And many rebuked him, telling him to [...]

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Mystery of the Lost Coin

Chapter fifteen of St. Luke’s gospel is famous for containing: the parable of the Lost Sheep and the parable of the Prodigal Son. In between these two beautiful parables, there is a strange one, the parable of the Lost Coin: Or what woman having ten coins and losing one would not light a lamp and [...]

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Catching You Up

I think the last time I was actually inside the District Building was when John A. Wilson was still very much alive. My dad occasionally had business in there, and I entered those solemn halls with him a few times. In other words: I was a youth the last time I was in there. There [...]

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Tuesday Evening Quarterback

I have been on a nice, long hot-air balloon ride. Just got back, and I found my computer under a basket in the attic… I. Let’s go back to the beginning of September: The first part of the Redskins’ season was supposed to be easy. After a near-certain loss to the Giants in the season-opener, [...]

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Missionaries

Here’s a question: Did the name of the city of Athens come from the name of the goddess Athena? Or did the goddess’ name come from the name of the city? Plato reports that the goddess’ name is from the Greek for “God’s knowledge” (Cratylus 407b). On the other hand, a number of ancient Greek [...]

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Punishment May Be Slow, But…

I neglected something very important in my earlier account of the martyrdom of the prophet Zechariah, son of Jehoiada. (By the way, it is not the same person as the prophet Zechariah who has his own book in the Old Testament, or the priest Zechariah, father of John the Baptist. There are three different Zechariahs [...]

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