Category Archives: Christianity

Lost in Truthiness Part II: Truth and True Freedom

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

I intended to post yesterday. Really. But the day got away from me. Now for the continuation of my last post:  https://adeaconswife.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/lost-in-truthiness/ My favorite line from the Colbert Report video http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/24039/october-17-2005/the-word—truthiness is: “Truth comes from the Gut.” The fact that … Continue reading →

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Lost in Truthiness

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

Pope Benedict has spoken often about the dangers of relativism. Relativism is the belief that there is no such thing as settled truth, settled doctrine, or objective morality. Everyone is right. But if all beliefs are equally true, doesn’t it … Continue reading →

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Man and Woman He Created Them: The Church and Same Sex Unions

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

It is only recently that the Church’s teaching on homosexuality has been difficult for many people, especially teens and young adults to accept. The fact that proponents of same sex marriage are framing the argument in terms of civil rights … Continue reading →

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In the World Not Of the World.

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

I was recently asked, in a workshop that I was giving, “why doesn’t the Church come into the modern world?  This question followed a discussion of the Church’s teaching on homosexuality and the exclusion of women from the Priesthood. The … Continue reading →

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God Loves You

Posted on May 22, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

This is a powerful conversion story  http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/may/10052001.html Excerpt: Then, at the end of those three days, something happened that changed her life forever. “It was the third day, the sixth hour of screaming. We were about to wrap up yet … Continue reading →

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Cast Down Your Bucket: A Theology of Staying

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

Booker T Washington was a former slave who rose to prominence after the Civil War. In 1895 he gave a speech known as the “Atlanta Compromise Speech”. It is considered one of the most important speeches in American history. The … Continue reading →

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Orthodoxy Attracts Vocations

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

Mark Shea points out that …people are more likely to embrace a life of poverty, chastity, and obedience in a community that actually believes in these things than in communities that treat such things as outdated nonsense.

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Written on Every Human Heart

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

Knowledge of God is written on every human heart. The Church teaches that we can know something about God through human reason alone. St. Paul, pointed out that even though the Gentiles were not taught the law that  “what the … Continue reading →

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Brave New Word: Children as Products

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

In a world that no longer values all human life, children become commodities and not gifts: Sex to make babies may become redundant as IVF becomes the norm (via Mirror of Justice). Update: link corrected The foundational principle of Catholic … Continue reading →

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Reflection by Deacon Larry Kehoe

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

My husband loves the Gospel of John especially John 17.  It bothers him that it is bumped from the Lectionary, in all but six diocese in the United States, because the Ascension is celebrated on Sunday instead of Thursday.  He … Continue reading →

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