Sheep have been appearing regularly in the Mass readings the past month. A few weeks ago, we heard the warning to the shepherds in Jeremiah 23. The following week, we saw Jesus moved with pity for the people, who seemed like sheep without a shepherd, and sang Psalm 23, recognizing the Lord as the shepherd….
Meet Fr. Paul Schulte, an Oblate of Mary Immaculate and the sort of priest you’d love to have had for your spiritual father. Paul was in seminary when World War I broke out in 1914, and he was trained as a pilot; the first powered flight of the Wright Brothers had been only ten years…
The theme of our times, the thread that passes through every aspect of our lives in these 2020’s, is mistrust. We’ve been betrayed, misled and deceived so many times, and by so many we should have been able to rely on. There’s no need to catalogue the betrayals. The upshot is that we don’t know…
Most of us are tired of all of the discussion about COVID19 and general upheaval, so we are relieved to speak of something else. To that end, let’s talk about Cardinal Sarah’s latest book, The Day Is Now Far Spent. At a time when we are uncertain whom to trust, here is a slam-dunk: Cardinal…
What is THE one, best thing any one of us can do for our children? It’s a gift that will never wear out or depreciate in value, never be donated to Goodwill, eaten by moths, or stolen from a vault. THE ONE BEST THING. It is the passing on of the faith. And the source…
When you consider a new recipe, you look at the picture of the finished dish. When you plan a vacation, you look at the photos of the hotel rooms before you book. When you interview for a new job, you meet your prospective co-workers, and ask yourself, “Would I fit into this place?” We need…
We are at war. You are at war. The war is inside our hearts. The cover of our book, The Body and the Heart If you are the sort of Catholic who subscribes to this blog, you already know this. But many don’t. And strangely, it is important that we tell them, especially the young people. They…
We are terribly proud of our team at TOBET: the brilliant writers, editors, and designers who have produced the full K through Grade 8 Theology of the Body curriculum, The Body Matters. Partial portfolio of The Body Matters After the painstaking (and sometimes painful) process of creating children’s books that are theologically correct (our books have the…
This post continues a series of adult reflections on the children’s books that comprise our Theology of the Body curriculum for children, called The Body Matters. In 2012, I walked the Camino de Santiago, an ancient 500-mile trek from the border of France, to the Cathedral of Saint James at the western end of the…
This post continues a series of adult reflections on our children’s curriculum, The Body Matters. One of our most thought-provoking books is The Body is God’s Design for third graders. It was originally called The Body is Limited for Love but the idea of limits posed some issues that we wanted to avoid in the…
