Q: Could you please tell me what exactly predestination is? Also, is this a dogma of the Catholic Church or is it heresy?

We are wounded, yes, and also made in the image of God, also redeemed, also capable of glory, and we are bodies in time and in particular trouble, which is precisely the creature God came to save. He did not take on brokenness in general. He took on flesh, and was hungry, and wept, and bled from named wounds in his hands and his side.

From his current station in the Communion of Saints, I hope Raymond Berry is interceding for all those men without work – men who are being denied, or who are denying themselves, the chance to become more, to be more, through honest labor.

How does this work if the Church considers Catholic weddings to be valid even without a civil marriage ceremony?

How does the world view the U.S. right now? How do we deserve to be viewed? Are we working to create “the beloved community” which Dr. Martin Luther King envisioned, which is another way of saying “the kingdom of God?”

Our nation could lead by the example of our ability to integrate immigrants, as no nation of the world ever has, and which has made us a great nation.
If we wish to maintain that greatness, we must return to one of the causes of our greatness: regulated and generous immigration.

Whether you’ve been bitten by a radioactive spider or Ignatian spirituality, you might be called to live your life differently as a result.

Spider-Man can teach us a few lessons about living as Catholics. He’s committed to self-sacrifice and service to others.

Herewith, some suggestions for your own reading pleasure this summer, which I hope you’ll pass along to friends:

That room full of people singing to me brought home for me how connected we all are to one another in the Communion of Saints.blog