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Day by day, he’s living out Romans 7. He’s two years old. Our little son Michael is energetic and willful and focused on things of his own choosing – in other words, as I said, he’s two. Sometimes his will conflicts with ours in small ways, sometimes more seriously. Of late, he has started offering…

Some pertinent posts today: Carl Olson has an interview with Fr. Robert Barron of the Archdiocese of Chicago here: (Fr. Barron is known for his evangelization efforts, but the subject of this interview, his new book called The Priority of Christ, is a work of theology, so that’s the topic..but since Christ is the subject…

A conversation with the oldest. Me: So, what are you doing this weekend. Him: (sigh) I don’t know. I might go to a concert tonight. Maybe. The weekend comes, and I’ve just had it. Me: Tired? Him: Yeah, I can barely make it past 2am anymore! It’s unbelievable! Next stop: Early Bird Special, obviously.

In his Friday feature column, John Allen points to questions being raised about  a figure scheduled for beatification: Declaring someone a saint, in Catholic theology, has never meant that he or she lived a perfect life, a point that applies with special force to martyrs. Even great sinners, the church believes, are redeemed by shedding…
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