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A friend recently asked me my thoughts on “TNT”, the work of Taylor Marshall and Timothy Gordon. I try and avoid writing about specific Catholics media personalities, but I’ve been asked about them so often I thought I’d just put down some thoughts here…
Read moreA while back, my Facebook shared an amazing, gentle, yet knock-out response to an awful and awfully biased article from CBS which I thought was worth sharing…
CBS News is currently using a heart-breaking situation involving an 11 year old girl to advocate for abortion, and against a new Ohio heartbeat law that would prohibit most all abortions.
Rape is such a horrible crime, and if the man currently charged is found guilty of committing it against this girl, then he should be prosecuted and sentenced to the full extent of the law. Any woman or girl who has suffered such a terrible violation needs and deserves our compassion and help, not accusations of “delinquency” — as the story alleges.
Last week I received an email from Beverly from StandupForCaregivers.org asking if I would share some information about helping the elderly, particularly during this time. Here’s what she sent me…
The church has a long history of helping the elderly. As times change, however, we must stay on our toes and always be willing to learn new ways to help the seniors in our communities. This is especially true for the elderly who do not have relatives or friends nearby to help them navigate the challenges of daily life. The first step we should take is to learn about some of the difficulties they face. Then, we need to take that knowledge and actively engage in the caregiving village.
If you’re part of a local church, these resources might prove useful to you as you set out to help improve the lives of seniors in your area:
Many seniors face a variety of physical, mental, and emotional challenges on a daily basis.
Whether or not a senior is a Christian, you can offer to connect them with a local church community or another type of organization that holds social events and meetings.
One practical way to help seniors in your community is to ask them if there is anything you can do to help make their home safer, more comfortable, and more accessible.
Even the smallest of gestures can mean the world to a senior who needs assistance. Continue to learn about the challenges that many elderly people encounter each day, and use your knowledge to help the seniors in your community who need it most.
A few months ago, I got a new Dad… well, sort of.
Following the retirement of one the priests in our Eparchy (the Eastern name for a Diocese), our Bishop reassigned many of his priests. As a result of this shuffle, our Pastor was sent to Denver and our parish given to a new priest.
This kind of situation occurs periodically in the life of a Catholic parish. A few years after I started attending my Byzantine church, the Bishop assigned our Pastor to the role of Rector at our Seminary in Pittsburg. Fr. Robert had been at the parish for many years. He had been our spiritual father for a long time and had married and baptized many in our parish. As a result, his transfer was quite a wrench for us.
Although these periods of transition can be rather painful, on the whole, I think this is good for the spiritual health of the parish. By having our priests changed every few years, we are taught a certain level of detachment and are given some inoculation against a cult of personality which may form around a particularly charismatic minister. It also offers us periodic opportunities for parish renewal. Most of all though, it reminds us of what is transient and what is unchangeable. The man standing at the altar may differ, but the Eucharist remains the same.
For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure offering; for my name is great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts
Malachi 1:11