Where Orthodoxy Is Optional, Orthodoxy

Consumerism Is, Quite Precisely, The Consuming Of Life By The Things Consumed. It Is Living In A Manner That Is Measured By Having Rather Than Being... And Consumerism Is Hardly The Sin Of The Rich. The Poor, Driven By Discontent And Envy, May Be As Consumed By What They Do Not Have As The Rich Are Consumed By What They Do Have. The Question Is Not, Certainly Not Most Importantly, A Question About Economics. It Is First And Foremost A Cultural And Moral Problem Requiring A Cultural And Moral Remedy.

Every Day Of The Year Is A Good Day To Think More Deeply About Good Friday, For Good Friday Is The Drama Of The Love By Which Our Every Day Is Sustained.

I Do Believe That Those Who Compare The Religious Right To The Nazis Have Fallen Victim To Polemical Heat Prostration.

In The Gay (catholic) Community, It Would Seem, The Maxim Is: Love The Sin And Love The Sinner, But Hate Anyone Who Calls It A Sin Or Him A Sinner.

Respect For The Dignity Of Others Includes Treating Them As Rational Creatures Capable Of Being Persuadad By Rational Argument, Even In The Face Of Frequent Evidence To The Contrary.