Category Archives: Being Catholic

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

Trusting Feelings: Within Reason

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

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”

(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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Love, Neighbors, and Voting

I have no great enthusiasm for November’s election, but I plan to vote with whatever prudence and wisdom I can muster. Being a good citizen, contributing to the good of society and taking part in public life, is part of … Continue reading

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Amos and Social Justice

I think social justice is a good idea. I’d better explain that. I think acting as if people matter is a good idea: all people, not just the ‘right’ ones. I’ll be talking about “the poor of the land,” private … Continue reading

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