I can’t let the day pass without writing and posting a brief meditation regarding St. John the Beloved, St. John the Apostle, St. John the Evangelist, St. John the Revelator. Throughout my adult life, doubts have plagued me–doubts about the Church, about certain mysteries regarding the Church, and, especially, the goodness and good intentions of the institutional Church and her hierarchy.Â... More

Of course the point he and his supporters would make is that people ought to have the choice of how and when they die if they believe their life is no longer worth living, but there is still an irony to the news that Dr. Jack Kevorkian died a natural death “after a short illness.” Death came for Dr. Death without asking permission. Kevorkian probably didn’t mind. After all, just ... More