The Onslaught of AI in Theology
I am serving as dean of the Institute of Formation and Religious Studies, a theological institute in the Philippines. Just recently, one of the professors has been complaining about the…
In the Beginning There Was Cows
Job 38:1-4, 8-11 (RM) or 1-11 (RCL); Psalm 107; 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 (RM) or 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 (RCL); Mark 4:35-41. In 1968, the university where I did my doctoral studies…
A Musing on Charism (Part I of II)
The Gift of the Spirit When it comes to the charism — the gift of the Spirit — that animates our RNDM lives, I am struck by a simple truth:…
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Jeremiah 20: 7-9 (RM) or Jeremiah 15: 15-21 (RCL); Psalm 63 (RM) or 26 (RCL); Romans 12: 1-2 (RM) or Romans 12: [1-2] 19-21 (RCL); Matthew 16: 21-27 (RM) or…
Eucharistic Musings
I’m at Mass in my parish church:Singing: Oh good. inclusive language. Oh no. exclusive languageOh good. It’s Fr …………..Oh no. It’s Fr …………….Homily: Oh good. Vatican 2 theology Oh no.…