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In Memoriam: Pope Francis
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Homilies for May 2025
For May 4, May 11, May 18, May 25, and May 29 (Ascension Thursday) Third Sunday of Easter – May 4, 2025 Readings: Acts 5:27–32, 40b–41 • Psalm 30:2, 4, 5–6, 11–12, 13 • Revelation 5:11–14 • John 21:1–19 bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/050425.cfm After His resurrection from the dead but before His ascension to Heaven, Jesus appeared to […]
The Restoration of the Permanent Diaconate After the Second Vatican Council
The Second Vatican Council marked a pivotal moment in the life of the Catholic Church, not only for its aggiornamento, but also for its ressourcement — the return to the sources of Scripture and the early Church. One fruit of this theological retrieval was the restoration of the permanent diaconate as a distinct, stable rank […]
A Deacon Without Vestments
The Deacon is not for the altar, he is there for service. – Pope Francis It is well known that a deacon is called to the ministry of the word, of the altar, and of charity. But there can sometimes arise the danger or temptation to focus solely on the altar, to be seen, […]
The Mass and the Ascension
“In the Eucharist and in all the sacraments we are guaranteed the possibility of encountering the Lord Jesus and of having the power of his Paschal Mystery reach us.”1 “Our first encounter with his paschal deed is the event that marks the life of all believers: our Baptism. This is not a mental adhesion to […]
The Gift in Commercial Relationships
In his encyclical Caritas in Veritate, the late Pope Benedict XVI asked his sons and daughters to consider the following question: “The greatest challenge before us (…) is to demonstrate, in thinking and behavior (…) that in commercial relationships the principle of gratuitousness and the logic of the gift as an expression of fraternity can […]
Listening, Suffering, and the Young and the Old
In the Book of Tobit we have, in the prayers of Tobit and Sarah (Tobit, 3:1–6, 11–15), the young and the old who are so distressed that they want to die: that they want God to take their life from them or help them — but God helps both of them and His Providence embraces […]
Questions Answered – May 2025
In Memoriam: Fr. Brian Mullady, O.P. We at Homiletic and Pastoral Review mourn the passing of Rev. Brian Thomas Becket Mullady, O.P., STD. Fr. Brian was a noted theologian, preacher, author, and professor. For many years, Fr. Brian was an associate editor of HPR, writing the Question and Answers column. His clarity, erudition, and exemplification […]
Book Reviews – May 2025
The Family as Basic Social Unit: Living Out Catholic Social Teaching. By Kevin Schemenauer. Reviewed by Rev. Ryan Connors. (skip to review) A Guide to John Henry Newman: His Life and Thought. Ed. by Juan R. Velez. Reviewed by Rev. Martin X. Moleski, SJ. (skip to review) George Cardinal Pell: Pax Invictis. By Tess Livingstone. Reviewed […]
In Memoriam: Pope Francis
The Church mourns the death of our Holy Father Pope Francis, who passed from this world at 7:35 A.M., April 21, in his Vatican residence, the Casa Santa Marta. His death was the conclusion of a lifelong battle with respiratory illnesses dating from his youth; on the other hand, his being called home at Easter, […]
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The Restoration of the Permanent Diaconate After the Second Vatican Council
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