As we continue this month to introduce the ideas of the Catholic Worker Movement, I want to pick up once again the theme of “personalism” from the December column.
"What are you giving up for Lent?" For many Catholics, the question appears almost automatically — and even before the last box of Christmas decorations has been packed up and stowed away. As someone who spent most of my life in that category and with that crowd, I think it's because Lent can feel a lot like a competition, a 40-day spiritual marathon with winners and losers.
With the legislative session underway as of Feb. 12, your state senator and representative are back at the Minnesota State Capitol crafting bills and deliberating on legislation that impacts our lives.
It last occurred in 2018, before that in 1945, and it is happening again: Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14. Or does Valentine’s Day fall on Ash Wednesday? There’s the rub: which takes precedence? Can they go together? Can both be celebrated Feb. 14?
On Thursday, Jan. 25, three weeks before the official start of the legislative session, the House Health Finance and Policy Committee held a hearing on HF1930, the End of Life Options Act. Medical professionals, people with disabilities, military veterans, faith leaders, and many more submitted written testimony and testified in person against the bill.
We have all been to weddings and heard St. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, which states, “Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, it is not pompous, it is not inflated. Love is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”