When I was in graduate school, I remember reading an essay in which Jacques Derrida purports to “write as a woman.” I was in a gender studies program in a highly secular context, and we had a lively seminar on Derrida’s essay, eventually reaching the consensus that no, Jacques, you can’t simply step into a … Lire la suite
And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger.—Luke 2:7 When Jesus was baptized…the heavens were opened… and behold a voice from heaven, saying, “This is my beloved Son with whom I am well pleased.—Matthew 3:16, 18 Jesus is both Son of Mary and … Lire la suite
History does not repeat itself. Although we too have suffered during the Coronavirus pandemic, we do not live in Milan, Siena, or Rome. We are not residents of the late medieval and early modern period. The stunning fact that the United States went over a hundred years between major pandemics is evidence of how little … Lire la suite
Saintly Intercession and the Church Flight—while perhaps native to human beings in danger—ran contrary to the sacramental presence that the Church offered flesh and blood bodies. Church authorities in the Middle Ages were often critical of the flight instinct, urging men and women to stay close to home, to care for their families in the moment … Lire la suite
