Category Archives: Being Catholic

Trying to live as if loving God, and my neighbors, matters

Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Hope

Posted on October 9, 2016 by Brian H. Gill

Life in my mid-60s requires caution that wasn’t necessary in my youth. Considering the alternative, though, being alive is pretty good: even in moments of loss. Miscarriage: Joy (From Ikar.us, via Wikimedia Commons, used w/o permission.) (Kleinstkindergrab, babies’ graves in … Continue reading →

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Bioethics and a Three-Parent Baby

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Brian H. Gill

A Jordanian couple have a baby boy: who does not have a lethal genetic disorder, thanks to DNA transplanted from a third person. Four of his siblings did not survive the procedure. I’ll be talking about the decisions involved in … Continue reading →

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Trusting Feelings: Within Reason

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Brian H. Gill

Anger is bad, right? Yes, sort of, but it’s a bit more complicated than that. Emotions, anger included, are good; in the sense that they’re part of being human. They’re “…the connection between the life of the senses and the … Continue reading →

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Faith That Matters

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Deacon L. N. Kaas

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2016: Habakkuk 1:2–3, 2:2–4 2 Timothy 1:6–8, 13–14 Luke 17:5–10 Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2016 By Deacon Lawrence N. Kaas October 2, 2016 I’m sure we are all saddened to hear that by this … Continue reading →

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“Wait For It”

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Brian H. Gill

(Ishtar Gate, eighth gate of Babylon’s inner city: a reconstruction using original bricks in the Pergamonmuseum, Berlin, Deutschland.) Prophets had their bad days, too — like Habakkuk, from today’s first reading (Habakkuk 1:2–3, 2:2–4): “1 How long, O LORD? I … Continue reading →

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