Comments for Homiletic & Pastoral Review http://www.hprweb.com America's foremost pastoral publication. Since 1900. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:37:11 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Zeal for God’s House: An architect’s reflections on Sacred Space by Eduardo de Asuncion http://www.hprweb.com/2012/01/zeal-for-gods-house-an-architects-reflections-on-sacred-space/#comment-5982 Eduardo de Asuncion Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:37:11 +0000 http://www.hprweb.com/?p=1361#comment-5982 Mr Menzies uniquely exhibits not only a profound depth of liturgical-architectural experience but an uncommon breadth of insight at the nexus of the sacred and the profane, the western tradition and what one might call its "eastern" counterpart, the supernatural and the temporal. Such depth, such breadth form the scope of his work, of equally uncommon dimension as exhibited albeit in small part in this article, a traditional yet modern mimetic of the "living Presence in the tabernacle" whom he consciously positions at the center of his aesthetic with scientific focus to accentuate the action and "argument" of the Mass. Mr Menzies uniquely exhibits not only a profound depth of liturgical-architectural experience but an uncommon breadth of insight at the nexus of the sacred and the profane, the western tradition and what one might call its “eastern” counterpart, the supernatural and the temporal. Such depth, such breadth form the scope of his work, of equally uncommon dimension as exhibited albeit in small part in this article, a traditional yet modern mimetic of the “living Presence in the tabernacle” whom he consciously positions at the center of his aesthetic with scientific focus to accentuate the action and “argument” of the Mass.

]]> Comment on Zeal for God’s House: An architect’s reflections on Sacred Space by David R. Oakley http://www.hprweb.com/2012/01/zeal-for-gods-house-an-architects-reflections-on-sacred-space/#comment-5976 David R. Oakley Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:38:34 +0000 http://www.hprweb.com/?p=1361#comment-5976 Three cheers for Mr. Menzies for an outstanding article which dares to go to the roots of sacred architecture. Three cheers for Mr. Menzies for an outstanding article which dares to go to the roots of sacred architecture.

]]> Comment on With Burning Anxiety by William J Quinn http://www.hprweb.com/2012/02/with-burning-anxiety/#comment-5651 William J Quinn Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:03:50 +0000 http://www.hprweb.com/?p=1703#comment-5651 Were the German people well intentioned when they watched Kristelnacht? I don't think so, and neither do I think Obama and his followers are. Were the German people well intentioned when they watched Kristelnacht? I don’t think so, and neither do I think Obama and his followers are.

]]> Comment on Confronting the Claim of Eastern Orthodoxy to be the True Church by James Likoudis http://www.hprweb.com/2012/01/confronting-the-claim-of-eastern-orthodoxy-to-be-the-true-church/#comment-5626 James Likoudis Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:07:23 +0000 http://www.myenetweb.com/ignatius-hpr/?p=407#comment-5626 This is the type of response that totally discredits Eastern Orthodox polemicists. Abstracting from all the misunderstanding and distortions of eclesiastical history involved (repeatedly refuted by Catholic historians and theologians), the author, in fact, rejects the very concept of the Infallibility of the Churcjh which for centuries after the formal Schism with Rome was still held as a matter of belief. As the Australian Orthodox Archbishop Stylianos Harkianakis wrote:" "The infallibility of the Church undoubtedly constitutes the most central article of faith in the Christian Church, the 'articulus standis et cadentisEcclesiae'". It is too bad under Protestant influence that many Orthodox no longer believe in the Infallibility of the apostolic episcopate.Those Orthodox who still do cannot defend the Infallibility of the Teaching Church that has severed its visible bond with the Rock of the Episcopate, the Roman Pontiff, successor of Peter, head and chief of the Apostles. Concerning the Infallibility of the Church (as in oher matters), we see that todays Eastern Orthodox no longer possess Unity of faith and doctrine. This is the type of response that totally discredits Eastern Orthodox polemicists. Abstracting from all the misunderstanding and distortions of eclesiastical history involved (repeatedly refuted by Catholic historians and theologians), the author, in fact, rejects the very concept of the Infallibility of the Churcjh which for centuries after the formal Schism with Rome was still held as a matter of belief. As the Australian Orthodox Archbishop Stylianos Harkianakis wrote:” “The infallibility of the Church undoubtedly constitutes the most central article of faith in the Christian Church, the ‘articulus standis et cadentisEcclesiae’”. It is too bad under Protestant influence that many Orthodox no longer believe in the Infallibility of the apostolic episcopate.Those Orthodox who still do cannot defend the Infallibility of the Teaching Church that has severed its visible bond with the Rock of the Episcopate, the Roman Pontiff, successor of Peter, head and chief of the Apostles. Concerning the Infallibility of the Church (as in oher matters), we see that todays Eastern Orthodox no longer possess Unity of faith and doctrine.

]]> Comment on Letters from our readers - Any homiletic programs for high school chaplains? by Raymond Gueret http://www.hprweb.com/2012/02/letters-from-our-readers-4/#comment-5262 Raymond Gueret Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:16:01 +0000 http://www.hprweb.com/?p=1718#comment-5262 My background is teaching 8th grade CCD for the past 12 years. What I have found is that young people are looking for what is real and what is the truth. They hunger for what their faith actually teaches and not the latest fad in teaching methods or having drums at Mass. I understand what you are trying to say when you used the word "entertainment" and that you want to create a strong sense of community and hospitality. The messenger can be very helpful but it is the message that will capture their hearts. Good, solid teaching of the faith will do more than you can imagine. The sense of community comes from Christ and not so much with pizza parties and "praise" rock bands. They are tools that are at your disposal but they are not the ends. It is not about feelings but being a joyful member of the Body of Christ. Jesus is what makes the community possible. He should be the focal point of all activities and discussions. They can tell if you are in love with Jesus, or not, and if you believe what you are telling them. So it is very important that you not neglect your own prayer life. Keep it faithful, joyful, prayerful, and truthful and let the Holy Spirit guide you in the direction that God desires. God bless you in your ministry. My background is teaching 8th grade CCD for the past 12 years. What I have found is that young people are looking for what is real and what is the truth. They hunger for what their faith actually teaches and not the latest fad in teaching methods or having drums at Mass.

I understand what you are trying to say when you used the word “entertainment” and that you want to create a strong sense of community and hospitality.

The messenger can be very helpful but it is the message that will capture their hearts. Good, solid teaching of the faith will do more than you can imagine. The sense of community comes from Christ and not so much with pizza parties and “praise” rock bands. They are tools that are at your disposal but they are not the ends. It is not about feelings but being a joyful member of the Body of Christ.

Jesus is what makes the community possible. He should be the focal point of all activities and discussions. They can tell if you are in love with Jesus, or not, and if you believe what you are telling them. So it is very important that you not neglect your own prayer life.

Keep it faithful, joyful, prayerful, and truthful and let the Holy Spirit guide you in the direction that God desires.

God bless you in your ministry.

]]> Comment on Pope John Paul II, Humanae Vitae, and the Theology of the Body by HPR Site Admin http://www.hprweb.com/2012/02/pope-john-paul-ii-humanae-vitae-and-the-theology-of-the-body/#comment-5143 HPR Site Admin Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:08:20 +0000 http://www.hprweb.com/?p=1459#comment-5143 Yes, we sure will, and soon. Thanks for your request. Yes, we sure will, and soon. Thanks for your request.

]]> Comment on Pope John Paul II, Humanae Vitae, and the Theology of the Body by Dcn. George M. Garber,Jr. http://www.hprweb.com/2012/02/pope-john-paul-ii-humanae-vitae-and-the-theology-of-the-body/#comment-4907 Dcn. George M. Garber,Jr. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:31:22 +0000 http://www.hprweb.com/?p=1459#comment-4907 Will you make H&PR "printer-friendly"?? This would be an excellent idea. Please respond. God Bless! Will you make H&PR “printer-friendly”?? This would be an excellent idea.
Please respond.
God Bless!

]]> Comment on With Burning Anxiety by Ron Schwoebel http://www.hprweb.com/2012/02/with-burning-anxiety/#comment-4876 Ron Schwoebel Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:44:27 +0000 http://www.hprweb.com/?p=1703#comment-4876 Excellent article, indeed. I think the good deacon meant that to themselves, their intentions are positive in nature. Your point is on the mark: obviously, being well-intentioned does not preclude being misguided, uninformed (or in this case, mis-informed). Recall the old saying - "The road to hell is paved with good intentions". Excellent article, indeed. I think the good deacon meant that to themselves, their intentions are positive in nature. Your point is on the mark: obviously, being well-intentioned does not preclude being misguided, uninformed (or in this case, mis-informed). Recall the old saying – “The road to hell is paved with good intentions”.

]]> Comment on Welcome to the new HPR! by HPR Site Admin http://www.hprweb.com/about/welcome-to-the-new-hpr/#comment-4784 HPR Site Admin Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:31:44 +0000 http://www.myenetweb.com/ignatius-hpr/?page_id=1058#comment-4784 Mr. Costello: Sorry for your disappointment. You are not alone in this. However, many printed newspapers and magazines, Catholic and secular print publications alike, are having to do the same thing to survive. However, we have just been online for a month and we do hope to find ways, eventually, to make it easier to access. But can't do it all at once as we are, as we always have been, a small staff. Don't give up yet! -Elenor HPR Managing Editor Mr. Costello: Sorry for your disappointment. You are not alone in this. However, many printed newspapers and magazines, Catholic and secular print publications alike, are having to do the same thing to survive.
However, we have just been online for a month and we do hope to find ways, eventually, to make it easier to access. But can’t do it all at once as we are, as we always have been, a small staff.
Don’t give up yet!
-Elenor
HPR Managing Editor

]]> Comment on With Burning Anxiety by mortimerzilch http://www.hprweb.com/2012/02/with-burning-anxiety/#comment-4767 mortimerzilch Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:14:09 +0000 http://www.hprweb.com/?p=1703#comment-4767 looks totally demonic to me. the parallel to Hitler is unmistakable. this administration's second term will be overt, active, persecution of all things (really) Catholic. then, after the second term, if a second Constitutional Convention is not called to enshrine the obamanation forever, there is always forging a new political entity in combination with Europe, and becoming head of that too... far-fetched you say? did you ever think you would see what you are seeing now? Einstein never thought there'd be an Einstein-Bose condensate constructed....what we are seeing is even more far-fetched, and it's coming true right before our eyes... If Hitler didn't do enough damage, maybe more than Hitler is on the rise. I think so. looks totally demonic to me. the parallel to Hitler is unmistakable. this administration’s second term will be overt, active, persecution of all things (really) Catholic. then, after the second term, if a second Constitutional Convention is not called to enshrine the obamanation forever, there is always forging a new political entity in combination with Europe, and becoming head of that too… far-fetched you say?
did you ever think you would see what you are seeing now? Einstein never thought there’d be an Einstein-Bose condensate constructed….what we are seeing is even more far-fetched, and it’s coming true right before our eyes… If Hitler didn’t do enough damage, maybe more than Hitler is on the rise. I think so.

]]> Comment on With Burning Anxiety by Ron Fischer http://www.hprweb.com/2012/02/with-burning-anxiety/#comment-4766 Ron Fischer Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:11:19 +0000 http://www.hprweb.com/?p=1703#comment-4766 Excellent article! I only take issue with your description of the intention of those that are pushing this secular agenda as meaning well. I do not view those that are seeking to advocate the contraception mentality as "well-intentioned." Rather, they are seriously misguided and/or uninformed of the evils of contraception. Our defense of religious freedom must include education of the vast majority of Catholics (some estimates at 90%) who disregard and reject the Church's teaching on contraception. Excellent article! I only take issue with your description of the intention of those that are pushing this secular agenda as meaning well. I do not view those that are seeking to advocate the contraception mentality as “well-intentioned.” Rather, they are seriously misguided and/or uninformed of the evils of contraception. Our defense of religious freedom must include education of the vast majority of Catholics (some estimates at 90%) who disregard and reject the Church’s teaching on contraception.

]]> Comment on Pope John Paul II, Humanae Vitae, and the Theology of the Body by Fr. William Seifert http://www.hprweb.com/2012/02/pope-john-paul-ii-humanae-vitae-and-the-theology-of-the-body/#comment-4741 Fr. William Seifert Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:47:52 +0000 http://www.hprweb.com/?p=1459#comment-4741 Thankfully, a thoughtful precis of some fundamental points that make clearer the trajectory of Theology of the Body. Often treated as a novelty, TOB's ground is the same as HV and Casti Conubii. Bringing the truth of how God has shaped things before a culture which delights in cobbling and reworking things in the name of improvement and advancement requires these sorts of thoughtful essays. Thanks. Thankfully, a thoughtful precis of some fundamental points that make clearer the trajectory of Theology of the Body. Often treated as a novelty, TOB’s ground is the same as HV and Casti Conubii. Bringing the truth of how God has shaped things before a culture which delights in cobbling and reworking things in the name of improvement and advancement requires these sorts of thoughtful essays. Thanks.

]]> Comment on Pope John Paul II, Humanae Vitae, and the Theology of the Body by bill bannon http://www.hprweb.com/2012/02/pope-john-paul-ii-humanae-vitae-and-the-theology-of-the-body/#comment-4702 bill bannon Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:34:44 +0000 http://www.hprweb.com/?p=1459#comment-4702 Humanae Vitae was twiced described, at its own press conference in 1968, as "non infallible" by Msgr. Lambruschini, who was not corrected at all in subsequent days publically by Paul VI, as would have been apposite if he were not saying what the Pope counseled him to say. Listening to that news report, and that description of "non infallible," were millions of Catholics who, as children, were told how special <em>ex cathedra </em>,encyclicals are ...as nuns readied them for the Assumption encyclical in 1950. You heard a hundred times....look how special the Assumption encyclical is...it is infallible. If you were twelve years old in 1950, you were thirty years old in 1968. You had been trained to put infallible encyclicals in the stratosphere and anything less in the atmosphere. <em>Humanae Vitae </em>in part got hit with rejection by not being infallible nor <em>ex cathedra </em>( crystal clear form of infallible unlike the universal ordinary magisterium, about which debates flourished among theologians). Secondly, at that time, the main news magazines (Time/ Newsweek, etc.), in doctor office waiting rooms and in homes, had stories about what odd things saints and Popes had said a thousand years ago about sex. Pope Gregory wanting couples to atone for the admixture of immoderate pleasure in sex and certain positions being forbidden in sex. The laity wondered why their Catholic schools had not informed them of these extremes. Why were they hearing it from Time instead? Distrust then was a factor. Pope Paul VI should have shown he was capable of public debate. If, for instance, a Karl Rahner or Bernard Haring were wrong in dissenting, why couldn't Paul VI debate them either in print or on TV. In short, there were manifold trust issues at that time which varied with literacy level, and which everyone is forgetting now, because we are constructing a version which continues to flatter Popes as per usual...and which seems to be our main goal in the Catholic publishing world. Many things led to the explosion of divorce....contraception, easy divorce, then no fault divorce, affluence...beginning with two televisions per family in the '60s, TV shows, that in those days showed necking as a sport, ( the Dean Martin show...a Catholic). And bad example of famous Catholics like Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra...3 marriages for Dean, and 4 for Sinatra. Humanae Vitae was twiced described, at its own press conference in 1968, as “non infallible” by Msgr. Lambruschini, who was not corrected at all in subsequent days publically by Paul VI, as would have been apposite if he were not saying what the Pope counseled him to say. Listening to that news report, and that description of “non infallible,” were millions of Catholics who, as children, were told how special ex cathedra ,encyclicals are …as nuns readied them for the Assumption encyclical in 1950. You heard a hundred times….look how special the Assumption encyclical is…it is infallible. If you were twelve years old in 1950, you were thirty years old in 1968. You had been trained to put infallible encyclicals in the stratosphere and anything less in the atmosphere.

Humanae Vitae in part got hit with rejection by not being infallible nor ex cathedra ( crystal clear form of infallible unlike the universal ordinary magisterium, about which debates flourished among theologians).
Secondly, at that time, the main news magazines (Time/ Newsweek, etc.), in doctor office waiting rooms and in homes, had stories about what odd things saints and Popes had said a thousand years ago about sex.
Pope Gregory wanting couples to atone for the admixture of immoderate pleasure in sex and certain positions being forbidden in sex. The laity wondered why their Catholic schools had not informed them of these extremes. Why were they hearing it from Time instead? Distrust then was a factor.
Pope Paul VI should have shown he was capable of public debate. If, for instance, a Karl Rahner or Bernard Haring were wrong in dissenting, why couldn’t Paul VI debate them either in print or on TV.
In short, there were manifold trust issues at that time which varied with literacy level, and which everyone is forgetting now, because we are constructing a version which continues to flatter Popes as per usual…and which seems to be our main goal in the Catholic publishing world.
Many things led to the explosion of divorce….contraception, easy divorce, then no fault divorce, affluence…beginning with two televisions per family in the ’60s, TV shows, that in those days showed necking as a sport, ( the Dean Martin show…a Catholic). And bad example of famous Catholics like Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra…3 marriages for Dean, and 4 for Sinatra.

]]> Comment on Welcome to the new HPR! by Frederick A. Costello http://www.hprweb.com/about/welcome-to-the-new-hpr/#comment-4683 Frederick A. Costello Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:12:48 +0000 http://www.myenetweb.com/ignatius-hpr/?page_id=1058#comment-4683 As a long-time reader of HPR, I am greatly disappointed in the web format. I paid for a portable format (a magazine) and now must read HPR at my computer. If you had the articles in pdf format, I could read them on my Nook (and many other portable devices). I was cheated. As a long-time reader of HPR, I am greatly disappointed in the web format. I paid for a portable format (a magazine) and now must read HPR at my computer. If you had the articles in pdf format, I could read them on my Nook (and many other portable devices). I was cheated.

]]> Comment on Welcome to the new HPR! by Deacon William Priesmeyer http://www.hprweb.com/about/welcome-to-the-new-hpr/#comment-4681 Deacon William Priesmeyer Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:54:29 +0000 http://www.myenetweb.com/ignatius-hpr/?page_id=1058#comment-4681 How do I access the homily for the 7th Sun. in Ord. Time. Thank you, Deacon Bill How do I access the homily for the 7th Sun. in Ord. Time.
Thank you, Deacon Bill

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