The Bostock Decision – A Paradigm Shift in Sexual and Civil Rights by Katrina J. Zeno, MTS Have you ever noticed that no one argues for a “civil right” to make errors when it comes to taxes, engineering, or giving witness in court? Endowing error with the legal status of a right in these areas [...]
The Camino and Coming Out of COVID by Katrina J. Zeno, MTS Reset. This word seems to be popping up everywhere to describe emerging from the COVID-19 quarantine. My father’s former personal-trainer described on her Facebook page how she intends to resist returning to the overwhelming daily demands of pre-COVID and instead embrace the “reset” [...]
Communism, Free-Market Economy, and Self-Regulation by Katrina J. Zeno, MTS (Note: This blog was written before the protests and violence exploded in many of our metropolitan areas. These incidences underscore even more the need for a moral conscience and self-regulation, which I highlight in this blog.) With this blog, I am wading into dangerous waters. [...]
The Ascension and the Fatherhood of God by Katrina J. Zeno, MTS [In honor of the Ascension this past week, I dusted off an article I wrote years ago for Our Sunday Visitor. Enjoy!] The first time I ever met my spiritual director was on the Feast of the Ascension. He surprised me by saying [...]
This week's TOB Tuesdays is a special edition, "Be Not Afraid" by Jack Henz.* On May 18, 2020, we celebrated the 100th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s birth. Pope Francis, while celebrating a commemorative Mass at St. John Paul II’s tomb in St. Peter’s Basilica, quoted from the day’s responsorial psalm, which declared, “The [...]
The Priestly Language of the Masculine Body” by Katrina J. Zeno, MTS Twenty years ago, as I was flying back from speaking on the Caribbean island of Trinidad, God suddenly decided to speak to me. I wouldn’t have minded, except that when God invades my being so personally, the language of my body sometimes goes [...]
Welcome to TOB Tuesdays Refreshed. Over the next few months we will revisit Katrina’s past blogs followed by Jack Henz’* reflection. Re-reading the Language of the Body by Katrina J. Zeno, MTS A while ago, a participant in one of my classes stumped me as we were intensely studying TOB Audiences 105-106 on “re-reading” the language [...]
In honor of the anniversary of St. John Paul II’s canonization (Apr. 27, 2014), we are highlighting his lasting legacy this week. We hope it inspires you. The Lasting Legacy of Pope John Paul II by Katrina J. Zeno, MTS Throughout my five-decades of life, there are three dates indelibly etched in my mind – [...]
Welcome to TOB Tuesdays Refreshed. Over the next few months we will revisit Katrina’s past blogs followed by Jack Henz’* reflection. Can We Lose Our Virginity? by Katrina J. Zeno, MTS Our previous exploration into the Virginal life of the Trinity may have been jarring and even mystifying for some. I agree. I never imagined my [...]
For this week, in honor of Easter, we’re re-posting blog #12 on “The Resurrection of Your Body/Twisted Mysteries: Tornadoes and Your Body's Resurrection!” We hope your “re-reading” of this blog in light of our rich liturgical celebration during Holy Week and Easter will yield new insights and meaning into the eternal relationship between body and [...]
