Rebellion, not obedience, is characteristic of our jet-age generation. This spirit is evident in our art, literature, and morals, in the revolt against law and authority, in the talk of the death of ...

Throughout the first 12 years of my time teaching moral theology at Benedictine College, students would occasionally ask whether or not they had to follow a law that they believed to be unjust. When ...

In his Holy Thursday sermon, Pope Benedict XVI made headlines for criticizing those who refuse to obey the church's position on the ordination of celibate men. He traced his argument back to Christ's ...

The indissoluble connection between faith and obedience is only too often overlooked or rationalized away. We rightly emphasize “faith,” for without it man cannot be saved; without it no man can ...

Sunday, Feb. 9, is the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8; Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-8; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 or 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, 11; Luke 5:1-11. Today’s Gospel ...

I have to confess, I'm pretty wary of the word obedience. So wary, in fact, that I almost declined to review Bradford Hinze's new theology of the church. I'm glad I didn't. Prophetic Obedience is ...

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