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January 21-28, 2013

Vol. 208 / No. 2

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Books
Kevin P. QuinnJanuary 09, 2013

This is an important book on religion morality and law In Law rsquo s Virtues Cathleen Kaveny a legal scholar and moral theologian argues that law ldquo can should and does rdquo function as a moral teacher even in the United States a pluralistic representative democracy committed to indivi

Books
Kyle T. KramerJanuary 09, 2013

Superstorm Sandy brought climate change back into public consciousness with a vengeance Although no single weather event can be directly linked to climate change Sandy rsquo s devastation offered an undeniable preview of the kinds of extreme weather events we will face regularly in a warming world

Books
Raymond A. Schroth, S.J.January 09, 2013

On Nov 2 by coincidence the liturgical day on which Catholics remember the dead The Washington Post following a practice begun in 2003 printed full- page the ldquo Faces of the Fallen rdquo 45 portraits of the American soldiers and Marines who died in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanista

Poetry
Anya SilverJanuary 09, 2013

In certain folktales, she appears with Mary,pierced through with the scissors and needlesof girls who worked, forbidden, on Sundays.She is marred with knives, and scarredwith scythes wielded disobediently.I imagine Christ’s gentle hands, healinghis battered Saint, pulling nails from her flesh,

The Word
John W. MartensJanuary 09, 2013

Love never fails because God who is love never fails Human loves can be disordered and disintegrate because they can be built upon our own misguided hopes and desires We mistake what we want or how we perceive something for how things must be or truly are When Jesus spoke in the synagogue in Na

The Word
John W. MartensJanuary 09, 2013

The church is a body of believers and each part is essential for the overall health of the body According to St Paul each individual person is vital for the body to thrive All three of the readings for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time place us in the context of the body of believers Two of th

Columns
Margaret SilfJanuary 09, 2013

The power of love melts our defenses and dissolves barriers.