Jeanie Hannaman

By Msgr. Charles Pope - Two momentous days have passed: On Monday there was the cleansing of the Temple and the laments over Jerusalem’s lack of faith; Tuesday featured exhaustive teachings by Jesus and interrogations by His opponents... Today, Wednesday, it would seem that Jesus stays in Bethany. According to Matthew’s Gospel, the day begins with an ominous warning: When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he said to his disciples, “As you know, the Passover is two days away—and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified” (Matthew 26:1-2).

By Richard A. Spinello, The Catholic Thing - Strange things happen, however, when the Church loses her coherence and concentrates only on the public or social virtues.  When the poor and the persecuted (e.g., the Africans) cling to traditional sexual morality they are branded with the scarlet letter of homophobia.  As a result, they are treated with suspicion and condescension by Catholic progressives. Thus, the division of virtues turns out to be divisive in paradoxical ways and ends up undermining even the Church’s social justice mission.

By Rachel Roth Aldhizer, First Things - Here is how I buried the body of my fifth child: I took myself to the emergency room because I was in labor and bleeding. The baby on the ultrasound screen lay still in the curve of my belly, its heart silent. Fetal demise resulting from spontaneous abortion, the medical term for miscarriage. The room was quiet as I delivered the baby. At first I was afraid to hold my child, who fit the length of my hand, its clavicles and ribs delicate as strands of hair. Then I saw the face, and the features were perfect. ...