Church’s Response to Domestic Violence
We have been hearing a lot recently about domestic violence, but what can the church do to stop it? Our next guest this evening is…
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Stepping Outside the Cycle of Violence
I was talking to a friend last week when I asked, “You’re opposed to the death penalty right?” It was less of an inquiry than…
The Dark Night Rises: Public Shootings, Victims, and Prayers
May 20, 1988, a mentally ill women named Laurie Dann walked into Hubbard Woods Elementary School in Winnetka, Illinois, armed with three handguns and shot one boy in a washroom then entered my classroom. She opened fire on us, small children taking a test about bicycle safety. She killed one boy by the name of Nicholas Corwin and wounded four others before departing to a nearby home, shooting an adult who lived there, and then taking her own life. That day back in May 1988, everyone in Winnetka was a victim, everyone in the nation was a victim, and the country stopped for a moment of silence.
Desensitized to a Messy World
Last week, an interview on “The Daily Show with John Stewart” with former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, began with this exchange: Jon Stewart: “How’s…
Bowling for Toronto
I have to admit – for my first homily in Toronto, I basically wanted to tell a few jokes, say “Jesus loves you,” and then sit down. The problem with that plan came when I started reading the newspaper this week. I arrived in town on Wednesday and there was this story about this mass shooting at a crowded block party in Toronto in which two people were killed and 24 were injured.
Beautiful is the moment in which we understand that we are no more than an instrument of God; we live only as long as God wants us to live; we can only do as much as God makes us able to do; we are only as intelligent as God would have us be. — Archbishop Oscar Romero
FAST from violence today. Don’t watch any violent TV or movies, and don’t say or do anything violent to others. PRAY a prayer of thanksgiving…
