Is Guilt Always Wrong? Repetition of Apostolic Blessing with Plenary Indulgence? Is Guilt Always Wrong? Question: I have heard that there are some religion programs for children which give the children the impression that guilt is … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2012
The Pastoral Mandate, Politicians and Religious Liberty
October 30, 2012 by Joe Tremblay
Is this threat to religious liberty a political problem, or is it a pastoral problem? ... With the 2012 election nearing, it is a time ... to have a serious discussion about the relationship between the bishops’ pastoral practices and the po … [Read more...]
Homilies for November 2012
October 26, 2012 by Fr. Nathan Long
For Sunday Liturgies and Feasts Homilies for November 2012 Christ, the Savior by Geranimo Bobadilla 1620-1680 Christ, The Great High Priest Purpose: The second reading should be used occasionally when it presents an important c … [Read more...]
Preaching to the Whole Person: Classical Wisdom for the New Evangelization
October 25, 2012 by Fr. Michael Dominic O'Connor, OP
St. Augustine, the Church’s foremost teacher in the classical art of Christian preaching, master rhetorician, and former teacher of oratory, was convinced that the pagan rhetorical tradition, so important to the ancient cultures of Greece a … [Read more...]
Theologians’ academic respectability
October 22, 2012 by Fr. Kenneth Baker, SJ
The teaching authority of the Church is the only guarantee the theologian has for both his academic respectability, and his intellectual freedom. Over the years, we have printed many articles on the proper relationship that should exist … [Read more...]
Las Presentaciones: A Vibrant Hispanic Tradition
October 20, 2012 by Fr. Gus Puelo
This principally Mexican tradition of the presenting of a child to God, and to the Church, stems from a strong desire by parents to ask for divine protection for their newborn, and thanksgiving for a safe childbirth, as infant mortality … [Read more...]
The Latest Book Reviews
For September/October 2012
October 18, 2012 by Book Reviews
Reviews on the following books: THE MEANING OF SEX. By Jay Budziszewski (Reviewed by Fr. James Schall, S.J.). THE SECRET LIFE OF JOHN PAUL II. By Lino Zani with Marilu Simoneschi. (Reviewed by Peter A. Huff). DOCTRINAL SERMONS ON THE … [Read more...]
The Year of Faith: Recovering a Culture that is Genuinely Catholic
October 12, 2012 by Arland K. Nichols
Surveys of Catholics reveal that a majority do not live in accord with, or simply do not know, their Catholic faith. ... On October 11, Pope Benedict called for a “Year of Faith” to “rediscover the journey of faith” in the midst of “a profou … [Read more...]
The Most Holy Rosary
October 10, 2012 by Paul Kokoski
Because the Immaculate Virgin was chosen to be the Mother of God, cooperating with him in the work of man's salvation, she has a favor and power with her Son greater than any human or angelic creature ... it is her greatest pleasure to … [Read more...]
The Heavenly Attitudes
October 9, 2012 by Brent Withers
The mystery of receiving God’s love is to fully experience ... the infinite love God has for each one of us, along with an equally experiential awareness of our uniqueness, and smallness. St. Faustina and St. Catherine of Siena The hu … [Read more...]
The Vertex of Love
October 8, 2012 by Jonathan Fleischmann
When Mary was predestined in one and the same decree with Jesus Christ by the design of God—before the creation of angels or the universe, and before the existence of sin or evil—she was predestined to be the Spouse of the Holy Spirit ... to … [Read more...]
In Praise of My Father
October 3, 2012 by Judene Indovina
I write this article as a pause from the great sorrow of scandal which has wounded the Church, in order to bring to mind... the spiritual beauty of fatherhood present in our priests. Being corrected by a prince of the Church in the … [Read more...]
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