Author: Joe Heschmeyer

Two Views of Love (or, “Love vs. Luv”)

There are presently two competiting notions of what marriage is. One is the sappy Hollywood version. Marriage is about showing your love for one another, and telling each other you’ll be in love with each other always, forever. To see how successful this is, look at how successful Hollywood marriages are. The other view is… Continue reading Two Views of Love (or, “Love vs. Luv”)

Something to Pray for: The Legal Battle for Marriage

If you’re not aware, the legal battle surrounding California’s gay marriage ban Proposition 8 is inching towards the Supreme Court, and your prayers are very much needly. Briefly: May 2008: The California Supreme Court declared that the California Constitution required that gay marriage be legal. It turns out no one had noticed this part of… Continue reading Something to Pray for: The Legal Battle for Marriage

Two Sides to the Same Coin?

I’m subscribed to Catholic World News’ daily headlines, b/c it’s a quick and enjoyable way to keep up on the news of the Church globally (information I’ve discovered through this channel has been the source of a number of posts here). Anyways, yesterday there were two stories listed one immediately after the other, which left… Continue reading Two Sides to the Same Coin?

Cloudy Nights of the Soul

Leila at Like Mother, Like Daughter has a great Christmas post (liturgically, we’re still in Christmas, even though today is the 13th Day of Christmas). One of the highlights: Those wise men did not take their eye off the star. Their pursuit necessitated the perfect balance of faith — plunging into the darkness with only… Continue reading Cloudy Nights of the Soul

Who is James, “Brother of the Lord”?

The name James was pretty popular at the time of Christ, and two of Jesus’ Disciples have this name: James, son of Zebedee, and brother of John (Matthew 10:2), and James, son of Alphaeus (Matthew 10:3) We call #1 “James the Greater” and #2 “James the Lesser.” Since the various New Testament writers signal which… Continue reading Who is James, “Brother of the Lord”?

Early Church Fathers on the Eucharist (c. 200 – c. 300 A.D.)

A few weeks ago, I posted brief snippets of the writings of the earliest Church Fathers, from the time of the Apostles until 200 A.D., showing what they believed on the Eucharist.  Long story short, these men believed that the bread and wine became the Body and Blood of Christ, that this happened at the… Continue reading Early Church Fathers on the Eucharist (c. 200 – c. 300 A.D.)

Blog Worth Keeping an Eye on For Reading Fans

You may remember my friend Carlos Olea as the guy who loaned me his laptop indefinitely in October when I lost first my laptop, and then my girlfriend’s (although in my semi-defense, hers was stolen, not strictly lost). Anyways, two cool developments: He got a new laptop for Christmas, and told me I could keep… Continue reading Blog Worth Keeping an Eye on For Reading Fans

Five Predictions for 2010

Phil Lawler, author of The Faithful Departed (probably the single best book on the sex abuse scandal, particularly as it related to the Church in Boston) has released a lot of good end-of-year Catholic news analysis: The 5 worst stories of 2009 The 5 most positive developments of 2009 The 5 stories to expect in… Continue reading Five Predictions for 2010

The Consummate Politician

Fr. Belli, in his homily yesterday, noted Matthew 2:7-8, Then Herod called the magi secretly and ascertained from them the time of thestar’s appearance. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search diligentlyfor the child. When you have found him, bring me word, that I too may go and dohim homage.” Yup. Herod… Continue reading The Consummate Politician