The Catholic Church has always seemed to me to be like the solid Rock of Gibralter — stable and permanent. Even though we live in a world of constant change and are able to adapt ourselves to it, most of us feel more at home with t … [Read more...]
Articles
An Ignatian Bishop of Rome
May 22, 2013 by Gregory Vall
Like Bergoglio’s choice of the name Francis—after the Poverello of Assisi rather than the Jesuit Francis Xavier—the phrase “presides in charity” and its evocation of “the other Ignatius” may turn out to be interpretive keys to the unpretenti … [Read more...]
Thinking as a Christian with Josef Pieper
May 20, 2013 by Matthew Anger
In an age when society is again becoming highly polarized, it is important to remember that the lack of real communication causes a breakdown in civility, and an increase in ignorance. During his long lifetime, Josef Pieper (1904-1997) … [Read more...]
Questions Answered
May 16, 2013 by Fr. Brian Mullady, OP
Is it true that Hell is not a permanent condition? Are there any clear statements in Scripture that homosexuality is a sin and unnatural? Question: Is it true that Hell is not a permanent condition? Answer: The question of the e … [Read more...]
Homily After the Boston Marathon Bombings
May 6, 2013 by Fr. Mark Yavarone, OMV
In a moment, the whole thing was changed into a secular Good Friday. A bloody, savage assault on the life of the innocent, complete with nails going through flesh after the bombs exploded. Once you’ve been a priest for a while, you st … [Read more...]
Four Rocks in a Garden
May 5, 2013 by Thomas W. Jodziewicz
In the garden are four small rocks, each inscribed with a capitalized word: BELIEVE, HOPE, TRUST, WAIT ... If the small garden ... can imaginatively serve to suggest the divine “grandeur”; how might one order the realities represented by th … [Read more...]
Getting a Grip on Gossip
May 4, 2013 by Dr. Joseph R. Hollcraft
The Church reminds us that we have the obligation to correct our brother’s fault for the sake of righteousness out of love ... We are called to do this in a spirit of gentleness and humility. A First Down Broadmoor Drive Growing up in a … [Read more...]
Same-Sex Marriage and the Natural Law
May 3, 2013 by Rev. Robert A. O'Donnell, CSP
The vertical dimension of human existence links man to his Creator. He is made in the image of God, intelligent and free. ... It is because man is a contingent, finite, intelligent, free creature of God that he is responsible to him for his … [Read more...]
The Beatitudes and the Gospel of Luke
May 2, 2013 by J. Jacob Tawney
And he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples, said: “Blessed are ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are ye that hunger now; for you shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now, for you shall laugh. Blessed shall you be wh … [Read more...]
Attacking the Roots of Abortion
April 23, 2013 by Don Murray
What is really required ... is to address the thought processes and motivations that prompt people to seek abortion as a solution to a personal problem that should not have occurred in the first place. Catholics, and our counterparts in … [Read more...]
The New Evangelization: The Holiness of the Church
April 22, 2013 by Michael Hull
The New Evangelization is our cooperation with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the 21st century ... an evangelization foreshadowed by Vatican II, according to Popes John XXIII and Paul VI ... an evangelization whose importance became m … [Read more...]
Fifty Years Later–Vatican II’s Unfinished Business
April 22, 2013 by Fr. Regis Scanlon, OFMCap
Today, 50 years after the opening of Vatican II, the misinterpretation of one of its most salient documents, Lumen Gentium, continues to drive a number of Catholics in the United States into one of two camps, the “right” or the “le … [Read more...]
True freedom is interior
April 18, 2013 by Fr. Kenneth Baker, SJ
Interior freedom is gained by loving God and one’s neighbor, and by not being inordinately attached to any created thing. Alexander Solzhenitsyn and St. Therese of Lisieux Freedom is what makes man to be man. Freedom is wh … [Read more...]
Encouragement vs. Cynicism: An Easter Reflection
April 11, 2013 by Rev. Romanus Cessario, OP
“The community of believers was of one heart and mind” (Acts 4:32) Icon of St. Barnabas and ancient mosaic of the "Procession of Early Christian Martyrs" It has become commonplace today to spread about the faults of priests. One deve … [Read more...]
The Septuagint in the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI
April 10, 2013 by Dawn Eden
In ascribing to the Septuagint a theological relevance reaching above and beyond the literal content of its Hebrew source, making it an “independent textual witness,” Benedict is drawing upon the theology of revelation that he began to dev … [Read more...]
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