Christian discipleship is fundamentally a dynamic movement from self to the beauty of Christ. In the absence of this dynamic movement, faith remains woefully incomplete. ...The essential characteristic of beauty then is to be transported … [Read more...]
Articles
The Church’s Year of Grace: History, Traditions, Beauty
August 1, 2012 by Sister Joan L Roccasalvo, CSJ
“Never let me be parted from you”
Some Thoughts on the Integrity of the Priestly State of Life
July 30, 2012 by Fr. Andreas Hoeck, SSD
The Spirit that raised Christ from the dead, is the same Spirit that fills the heart and mind of a good priest, vivifying his mortal body. Priests acting in that Spirit are seeking the advancement of the Kingdom, and will accomplish it. … [Read more...]
Discerning Marriage as Natural Vocation
July 30, 2012 by Fr. Bryce Sibley
Marriage, as a vocation, is written into our human nature, into our very being. According to the Church, everyone is called to marriage because they are humans who have been created as either male or female. It is necessary to clear … [Read more...]
Liturgy: The Foundation and Strength of Marriages
July 25, 2012 by Sarah Elizabeth Maple
The Eucharistic celebration is a testament to the need for man’s self-gift as response to God’s gift to us through his Son .... to find himself through his own, sincere gift of himself ... reflected in his total consecration to God through a … [Read more...]
Spiritual Direction in the Life of a Priest
July 19, 2012 by Fr. Joseph J. Kelly
Good and regular spiritual direction can help us work through some of the natural and dangerous currents in the spiritual life. By trusting God to redirect us and keep us afloat, he will help us navigate back to the solid ground of God’s p … [Read more...]
Betrayal or Integrity
July 14, 2012 by Arland K. Nichols
When it comes to protecting the right to life of the most vulnerable human being in our midst, the infant in the womb, there is no “middle ground” or “common ground” to be found. Human dignity must be protected and upheld. Imagine for a … [Read more...]
Enter the Digital Continent of Preaching
July 12, 2012 by Fr. Fred Gaglia, PhD
Our preachers must lead people to align themselves with the Church, filling the chasm of the past two or more generations of those not in touch with this treasury of truth. The goal is eternal salvation, the growth of the Church is in the … [Read more...]
St. Benedict: A Sixth Century Saint for the Twenty-First Century
July 11, 2012 by Paul Catalanotto
St. Benedict's rule was written for everyone. His goal was to “establish a school for the Lord’s service.” He hoped in creating these rules “to set down nothing harsh, nothing burdensome.” Chesterton wrote that “it is the paradox of hist … [Read more...]
A Plea for Really Committing to Adult Faith Formation
July 6, 2012 by R. Thomas Richard, PhD
We need to awaken. We need to be stirred to action to do what Jesus sent the Church to do: “Make disciples,” and it needs to begin in the parishes. "For although they knew God, they did not accord him glory as God, or give him than … [Read more...]
A Decisive Hour for American Catholics
July 4, 2012 by Deacon Paul O. Iacono
We want the right to follow our consciences, to worship our God, and to live out our faith by making a contribution within the public square, which is our patrimony and our heritage: our blessed liberties. We have concluded the … [Read more...]
The Vocation To Life
June 29, 2012 by Fr. Charles Klamut
Like the apostles, I first said “yes” to Christ because of the total answer he provided for my human need, and only within this context did a specific vocation to serve as a priest gradually begin to reveal itself. Christ calling the … [Read more...]
Should Catholics Acquiesce in Today’s Homosexual “Rights” Agenda?
June 22, 2012 by Kenneth D. Whitehead
Christians, including Catholics, are acquiescing, and even favoring, the idea that homosexual behavior must be considered, at least, morally neutral...and must be considered something to which those, so inclined, have a right. One of … [Read more...]
Revisiting the Anointing of the Sick: Some Problems Today
June 16, 2012 by Fr. Mark A. Pilon
The Church needs to clarify the administration of the sacrament of the anointing of the sick for a number of reasons. In 1974, when I was a deacon in Texas, a priest from Fort Worth came to Holy Trinity Seminary in Dallas to speak to … [Read more...]
Human Rights and Natural Law
June 15, 2012 by Archbishop Rino Fisichella
There is an ethical concept which man recognizes, in and of itself, without mediation...recognized in an almost instinctive way, and as a norm to abide by, in order to live according to whom man is, reflected in that immense and diversified … [Read more...]
The Holy Eucharist: Central Sacrament Pre-figured in the First Passover
June 9, 2012 by Jayson M. Brunelle, MEd, CAGS
The Eucharist is the single, greatest gift Christ left to his Church, fulfilling his promise to be with us always. The Last Supper Christ’s institution of the sacrament of the Eucharist was, and is, the single, greatest gift he left t … [Read more...]
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