... {I propose here} to move ... to the freedom of giving as an inevitable expression of our spirits in Christ and as a necessary means of our own sanctification. We Catholics in the United States traditionally give more from an … [Read more...]
Articles
America’s Leading Pastoral Magazine in This Year of Faith
December 19, 2012 by David Vincent Meconi
Honor the Pope’s request in renewing our devotion to our Catholic faith, and assisting Homiletic & Pastoral Review in being that voice of the Gospel around the world. On January 1, 2013, Homiletic & Pastoral Review will have b … [Read more...]
“Blessed is She Who Believed”—The Mother of God as a Model of Faith
December 13, 2012 by Kevin M. Clarke
“By faith, Mary accepted the Angel’s word and believed the message that she was to become the Mother of God in the obedience of her devotion…”—Porta Fidei, §13 "Annunciation"-by Leonardo DaVinci In promulgating Porta Fidei in the Year of … [Read more...]
Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller and the Virgin Birth
December 13, 2012 by Michael J. Miller, MA
In treating the Virgin birth, Gerhard Ludwig Müller carefully identifies what the Catholic Church actually does teach, and cautions the reader that the exact physiological details, thereof, are not an article of faith. Nativity by M … [Read more...]
The Eternal Presence of the House of Nazareth
December 13, 2012 by Kathleen Curran Sweeney
The family life of Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Nazareth is an ever-present revelation of God’s purposes and work in the world, inviting to holiness families of the 21st century. Does the household of Jesus, Mary and Joseph in the small vi … [Read more...]
The “Munus Regendi” of the Priest and the Vocation of the Laity
December 11, 2012 by Rev. Mr. Gaurav Shroff
...the priesthood as a whole, but especially in its exercise of the office of governance, is exercised with the full flowering of the vocation of the laity in mind. The goal of the priesthood is a mature and well-formed laity that embraces … [Read more...]
Merit Revisited
December 11, 2012 by Fr. Joseph R. Upton
One of the most significant themes is the doctrine of merit. This long-forgotten element of Catholic teaching has made a remarkably ostensible reappearance in the new translation. It seems that the implementation of the new translation … [Read more...]
The Culture of Honor—A Brief Essay
December 7, 2012 by Fr. Anthony Co
What is needed to walk in our true identity, and to carry out the mission of bringing heaven to earth, is the culture of honor. God the Father wants nothing less than heaven on earth. This is why he gave us his Son, and his many … [Read more...]
Prior to Adult Faith Formation, One Thing Is Necessary
December 5, 2012 by R. Thomas Richard, PhD
I stress a simple but essential prerequisite (for adult formation) ... without which all the formal education in the faith will remain merely on the surface of the person. In a recent article in HPR, I stressed the need in the Church for … [Read more...]
Credible Communion: The Witness of Apostolic Religious Life
December 3, 2012 by Gill K. Goulding, CJ
When the Church has been humiliated and vilified by public scandal ... I suggest we need to shift our focus to Christ. Introduction “How can you write anything credible about the witness of religious life today?” I was asked by a disil … [Read more...]
Pornography, Masturbation, and the Confessor
November 29, 2012 by Dr. John M. Grondelski
The spread of pornography is a new pastoral challenge for confessors, but I want to suggest that there is another moral issue...deserving to be taken seriously, which is often overlooked in the discussion over pornography. That issue is … [Read more...]
Philosophy and the Immortality of the Human Soul: A Tool for the New Evangelization
November 20, 2012 by Book Reviews
Problem: There is a need today for the argument for the immortality of the human soul based on reason alone for both believers and non-believers. The first pages of Scripture allude to the nature of the human soul when the inspired … [Read more...]
Transformative Preachers: Hildegard of Bingen and Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney
November 19, 2012 by Deacon Bill Smith
Hildegard and Vianney were transformative preachers, catalysts for change—Hildegard by her presence in what was ... a "man's world;" Vianney by living his life as a "sermon of humility" in the Age of Enlightenment, when humanity cast asi … [Read more...]
Biblical Foundations and the Thread of History
November 17, 2012 by Brian Jones
Current trends, that have existed in biblical scholarship for quite some time, reveal a distinct blindness about the essence of Sacred Scripture. At a recent conference in Cleveland, Ohio, the well-known Catholic author and speaker, … [Read more...]
Gender: What Is It and Why Does It Matter?
Some Thoughts on Femininity
November 16, 2012 by Dr. Maria Fedoryka, PhD
We Americans face a state of affairs relating to marriage and family ... (where we) must now attempt to show why the divinely-instituted laws of marriage and family are binding not only for Christians, but hold true for … [Read more...]
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