January 27, 2022
Normally I don't like the gender asterisk, really not at all, but today it has to be. Today I put it out of respect for the 125 Catholics who have [...]
August 16, 2019
Yesterday I wrote here about the Magnificat, the "Decalogue of Mary". It made it clear to me anew how much Christianity is a religion of [...].
March 29, 2019
What is your most important rule of life? Most of us would probably have to think pretty hard. Our lives are full of rules, norms, and laws - how can we [...]
March 27, 2019
Again and again, religious people argue about rules and regulations - and their interpretation. Then it is said that Jesus has relativized everything and given it a new [...].
March 16, 2019
Sometimes someone says that Jesus commanded us to love our neighbor. But this commandment is much older. In today's Gospel Jesus is (as yesterday) in dispute with the [...]
March 15, 2019
Language has power. Once a word has been spoken, it cannot be retrieved. It has an effect. In today's Gospel, Jesus relativizes the law of the ancients, that is, the Mosaic law. [...]
March 11, 2019
The Old Testament is full of laws and regulations. Quite tiring in the long run. But in today's reading, I sit up and take notice every time it is read as a [...]
October 20, 2017
With the hashtag #metoo (me too), more and more women have been pointing out for some time that they have been sexually assaulted. This does not necessarily [...]
February 2, 2015
Continuing with our series "Ask the sister", part 6. Some time ago I was asked the following tricky question: When "the Jews" [...]