The second reading for the Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time Romans 8 9 11-13 speaks of the Spirit-Flesh antithesis yet nbsp it is difficult not to see the specter of Mind-Body dualism hovering over the passage which always winds up as bad news for the body The passage as found in the lectio

Former Governor of Utah and Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman announced his candidacy for president using the same backdrop that Ronald Reagan once chose New York rsquo s Statue of Liberty Michelle Bachmann emphasized her roots in the hometown of her childhood Waterloo Iowa proving yet ag

For the Solemnity of St Peter and St Paul I wanted to write about a man who puts the fear of God in you while he encourages you I have always loved the Apostle Paul even though he scares me a little when I read his letters since I fear he might step off of the page sit me down on the bench nbs

It is almost too much to comprehend the ways in which the Body and Blood of Christ are present and real to us and nourish us We have a type of this heavenly food in the manna in the desert which Deuteronomy 8 3 says is food nbsp ldquo which neither you nor your ancestors were acquainted in ord

I am honored by Professor Joseph Trabbic rsquo s generous response to me Reading with the Spirit A Response to John Martens and I am in agreement with almost all that he writes nbsp I sometimes wonder if a part of the problem under which I labor in discussions on biblical interpretation is that

One sentence one beautiful sentence at the end of Paul rsquo s second letter to the Corinthians 13 13 and it is clear that the notion of God has been transformed in the life and worship of the early Church The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spiri