Can textualists judges like Amy Coney Barrett take a broad view of interpreting the Bible and a narrow view of interpreting the Constitution? The short answer is yes, writes Matt Malone, S.J.
Scripture
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The problem with falling in love with the idea of love (or God)
We all yearn for love, so it is a small wonder that sometimes we fall in love with the notion of love before we meet someone whom we can love genuinely. The same can happen in our relationship with God.
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When women are central figures
This is an important parable about personal accountability and responsibility.
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Faith is active care for others, not just belief
Christ the King is present now among the poor, the immigrants, the sick and the imprisoned.
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What does it mean to ‘be alert’ during Advent?
We must be mindful of what is happening to us and around us, responsible for ourselves, our actions and our community.
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Living like Christ means being a saint.
The Beatitudes can be read with an eye to the present, not only the future.
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Seeing the ‘Woman of Power’
Resources (money, talents, faith) should be strengthened and increased, as the woman of power’s example makes clear.
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Our political options are depressing, but Christians still have reason for hope.
We do not simply submit because someone must rule. Having been given some say, we must strive to speak according to what we think Christ would have us say.
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In ‘Fratelli Tutti,’ Pope Francis identifies the paradox of populism
Dr. Anna Rowlands told America that Pope Francis ““gets populism. He gets what is the drive toward it and he rescues the notion of what it means to be ‘a people’ from the hands of the populists.”
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Sin is sad business. But in the confessional, we see God’s grace at work.
Listening to the lives of others, the confessor sees the work of the unseen Spirit. He sees saints in the making, holy ones in the flesh.