On Dover Beach

In 1867, Matthew Arnold wrote "Dover Beach", a haunting poem evoking the "melancholy, long, withdrawing roar" of the Sea of Faith. As a boomer who finished Catholic elementary school in 1964 and then watched my Church falter, I've found the roar all too audible. So here I wait, listening for the whispers of that Sea's invincible return.

Sunday, December 03, 2023

Let's be careful what we "bless"

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Francis and his allies certainly know that the blessing of "relationships" of a certain kind will push things toward full acceptan...
Saturday, March 21, 2020

Making the Church Irrelevant

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Due to the current medical emergency, the state government here in California has issued a "Shelter at Home" order which keeps cit...
Monday, April 15, 2019

Notre Dame burns

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It's human nature to put off visiting a place you've always wanted to see. After all, it'll still be there next year, won...
Thursday, March 07, 2019

Saluting the Rank

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In that memorable series Band of Brothers, we saw the following exchange: If you didn't see the show or read the book on which it wa...
Thursday, August 30, 2018

Archbishop Coleridge's lame leadership

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http://cathnews.com/cathnews/32958-archbishop-coleridge-warns-against-radical-polarisation On the Australian hierarchy's CathNews webs...
Monday, July 02, 2018

Doubts

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Someone I know uses the following as part of his/her email signature: “If one has the answers to all the questions – that is the proof th...
Monday, June 18, 2018

Another good statement from Francis, but...

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In trying to look only at what Pope Francis says and does, instead of trying to look into his heart and judge his overall character (a vain ...
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