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Satire: Sr Feralia… |
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 Sr Feralia on the meaning of Sharks in God's great Economy of Salvation... Sr Feralia returns after a long absence. We think she's been overseas studying on one of those junkets at l'Université catholique de Louvain that they send nuns on who are getting a little jaded or out of hand. Anyway, she's back at her best today following the recent spate of shark attacks in Sydney exploring the meaning of sharks in God's great Economy of Salvation. She reports that Fr Farzenheim is in his element with the sharks. <more>
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Dr Ian Elmer… |
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 Was Paul a Misogynist? Dr Ian Elmer's commentary on Greed [link] written as part of the Seven Deadlies series in 2006 is still "climbing through the roof" in terms of the number of people reading it each week. Is the global economic recession causing such interest in the question of Greed? Today's commentary from Ian might come to rival that in that he has chosen a topical issue. This is how Ian himself introduces today's commentary: "Was Paul a misogynist? This is a question that is often asked in classrooms, seminaries, parishes and in internet discussion forums. This question is particularly relevant in any examination of the Corinthian correspondence, which seems to offer conflicting answers to the question of Paul's attitude towards women." <more>
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Tom McMahon… |
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 Marriage – Intro and Part I: What a feast we have coming up on Wednesdays? Today Tom McMahon dips his timid toe in the water of that place where even angels might fear to swim — the relationship between men and women, the meaning of sexuality, sexual morality, marriage — and the meaning of all these things in a religious or sacramental context in today's milieu. After much reflection over recent months, Tom has decided to carve the subject up into eight historical epochs and examine how our ideas of marriage evolved down through time. <more>
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Dr Andrew Kania… |
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 Lenten Reflection I: Andrew today begins a series of four reflections for Lent. This first reflection poses the question "Why did Jesus place himself in the predicament that he ended up in?" Andrew entitled this reflection "One Giant Leap" and suggests it be read in conjunction with the verses 3-4 from Psalm 8 which you will find at the conclusion of the commentary. <more>
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SPECIAL SERIES: The Invention of Christianity by Tom Lee |
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 12.2: Persecution & Heresy Reign… You might want to skip the first part of today's commentary where Tom Lee describes the character of Commodus, one of the most thoroughly distasteful of the Roman Emperors. Unless you're a bishop or a theologian though, don't miss the second part, which contains some interesting reflections on the roles of bishops and theologians. They might want to throw Tom Lee to the lions after what what he writes today. <more>
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Sunday Forum… |
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 A focus on women Today is International Women's Day. To focus attention on the long, and continuing, struggle women have had to fight for equality I sought permission from Ray Otto, and other members of the Catholica Forum, to move a post Ray wrote a few days ago on the members' forum into the more public Sunday Forum. Ray originally placed the post there to draw attention to the World Day of Prayer, which was celebrated on Friday. What he writes about though is a moving tribute to the work his wife, Monica, is engaged in seeking to improve the plight of women in her home country of Papua New Guinea. As a reflection today, I particularly draw your attention to the pdf document in Ray's post on his parish website. It is the address he gave at his parish last month on the plight of women in Papua New Guinea. <more>
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