Marc LiVecche
Editor At Large at Providence: A Journal of Christianity and American Foreign Policy
McDonald Distinguished Scholar of Ethics, War, & Public Life @ProvMagazine; Non-Resident Research Fellow @NavalWarCollege; opinions writer @WNGOpinions
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6 days ago |
providencemag.com | Marc LiVecche
Moral injury has captured the thought and discourse of thousands around the world. Whether one is a theologian, clinician, ethicist, philosopher, or average citizen, moral injury seems to evoke an inchoate, descriptive connotation of life’s cruel tendency towards dissolution. In academic and professional dialogue, the phrase has generally been located along one of two conceptual axes, connoted by either the nouns betrayal or transgression; however, these two words are not synonymous.
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1 week ago |
providencemag.com | Marc LiVecche
And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
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1 week ago |
providencemag.com | Marc LiVecche
Today is Maundy Thursday, the day faithful Christians memorialize the several events surrounding Christ’s final Passover meal, which he observed in the company of his closest friends—well, in the company of mostly his closest friends. This evening initiates the Paschal Triduum, the three-day sequence commemorating the passion, crucifixion, death, burial, and resurrection.
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1 week ago |
providencemag.com | Marc LiVecche
On Holy Wednesday, the day prior to the Last Supper, Jesus lodged in Bethany at the home of Simon the Leper on the southern slope of the Mount of Olives. While there, a woman, probably Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, anointed Jesus with spikenard—gesturing to and declaring Jesus’ messianic and kingly character. There’s some confusion as to precisely who all the key players are, including the actual identity of the woman and whether Simon and Lazarus are really one and the same.
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1 week ago |
providencemag.com | Marc LiVecche
The events of Holy Tuesday follow directly from Monday’s temple clearing, during which, among much else, Jesus manifest his messianic claims. Questioning his right to do such things, the Pharisees strove to discredit his authority. Holy Tuesday depicts the multiple conspiracies to entangle Jesus, efforts to find him in contempt of legal, theological, or scriptural norms. Jesus dealt deftly with each.
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