At the Easter Vigil, held April  23, 2011 in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Benedict XVI gave his Easter message.  You can read a “non-biased” report of it using this link: http://blog.cancaonova.com/catholicismanew/2011/04/25/popes-homily-incorrectly-described-by-elements-of-secular-media/ He says “To omit the creation would be to misunderstand the very...

Brace yourself.  This is a Sunday sermon. When I listen to the email and listserv issues and blogs and e-articles, etc., I hear inconsolability — the belief that there is no comfort or relief for loss and suffering.  The only palliative seems to be domesticity but it is never enough.  Life is acquisition, remodeling, fortification.  Dominated by prescriptive...

The Twilight series of vampire movies – about people who must suck life out of others to feed the black hole at their own center — is just the latest pack of emotionally engaging fantasies that can give people a better handle on being filled with “spirit” — nothing foofy: think of “a spirited animal” — a quality of aliveness...