In the autistic community, there has long been a debate about how to refer to ourselves. Historicaly, medical professionals have often preferred “people with autism” while most of us prefer “autistic.” I personally – like the vast majority of autistics […]
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Jesus Asks Virtue, Not Mere Sin Avoidance
Too often we think of rules in the abstract. We see the 10 Commandments as a bunch of “shall nots” without going deeper into them. We see the goal as avoiding or managing sin and forget how grace transforms us interiorly to virtue. The attitude that the goal of every Christian is simply to be free from sin is absolutely destructive of Christianity.
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Russia Was Consecrated in 1984 to the Immaculate Heart
It is great that Pope Francis will be consecrating Russia again on the 38th anniversary of John Paul II’s consecration. This news brought out several claiming that Russia had not been consecrated to fulfill the request at Fatima. The logic […]
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Chile Writes Neurodiversity Into the Constitutional Draft
Chile moves to recognize neurodiversity in its constitution. They are in the middle of a constitutional convention and this proposed new article got strong support at the convention, being one of the strongest supported articles in this convention. This piece […]
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Why Such a Focus on Extraordinary Form in Catholic Media and Online Discussion?
This post is not set to give a definitive answer to the question. Instead, my intention is to give an approximation of how what percentage of Catholics at Sunday Mass in an average week in the USA are attending an […]
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Macaskill on Autism and the Church
Autism and the Church: Bible, Theology, and Community by Grant Macaskill (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2019), 239 pp. A while back I wrote a review for this work but it takes a while for academic journals to publish. Nova et […]
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16 Last-Minute Sacrifices for Lent
All of us adult Catholics probably now have a habit of giving up something for Lent or doing something extra to grow spiritually. We should offer a little sacrifice to unite ourselves with Jesus and to prepare for Holy Week. […]
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Pray a Chotki for Peace in Ukraine
With Russia invading Ukraine, we see a lot of people playing for peace. I think we should pray for peace. I want to write briefly about praying the chotki as a way to unite ourselves with Ukrainian Catholics. Most of […]
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Privacy of Victim’s DNA
A recent case in San Francisco raised questions about genetic privacy that are worth considering. A woman’s DNA was taken from a rape kit and then used to identify her as a perpetrator in other crimes. This is a breach […]
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Sensory-Friendly Mass Directory
One of the biggest steps the Church needs to do now to include autistics is making a sensory-friendly Mass in every city. Asking a few autistics I know, I have found a number of locations that have such Masses. I […]
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