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What Is 'True Freedom'?
Many hold to a false notion of freedom, one that treats freedom as an end rather than a means
By John M. Grondelski | September 9th 2025 11:39 AMThe Sunday homily usually reflects on the readings for that day. Typically, that means the Gospel and maybe the First Reading, which often is linked to the Gospel. The Second Reading is usually odd man out since in their wisdom the designers of the new Lectionary decided on a continual…
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Three thoughts about the readings for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
By John M. Grondelski | August 26th 2024 8:51 PM“Accompaniment” is a buzzword in the Francis papacy. It’s striking, then, that it appeared in the Gospel last Sunday, though not exactly in the manner to which current ecclesiastics have grown accustomed. Sunday’s Gospel wrapped up the Eucharistic teaching of Jesus we have been reading from John 6 these last…
READ FULL BLOG POSTVirginity in the Modern World
Do modern people understand, much less value, virginity?
By John M. Grondelski | August 12th 2024 12:45 PMVatican II talked about the Church in dialogue with the modern world. Some of us have wondered whether that dialogue has been largely one-sided, i.e., modernity talking and the Church listening. One hopes the dialogue also would proceed in the other direction, to a world largely convinced of its rightness…
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