The truth about God is not abolished or reduced because it is spoken in human language; rather, it is unique, full, and complete, because he who speaks and acts is the Incarnate Son of God. Thus, faith requires us to profess that the Word … [Read more...]
Articles
Growing in Love of the Lay Life: Evangelizing Martyrs
June 5, 2012 by Deacon James Keating
The Catholic laity are asked to give witness to Christ by way of obedience to objective truth. It takes a mind formed by love itself, Christ, to have the courage to preach the Gospel of Life. The nature of priesthood invites a man to … [Read more...]
Priests for the New Evangelization
June 4, 2012 by Fr. Roch Kereszty, OCist
Pope John Paul II’s personality illustrates most clearly what the ideal priest of the new millennium ought to be. His close friend and successor, Pope Benedict XVI, complements this ideal. Besides the allocutions of Popes John Paul I … [Read more...]
Prayer as the Channel of Celestial Joy
June 2, 2012 by Carolyn Humphreys, OCDS
We can accept, rather than trying to avoid, pain and trials in a spirit allowing us to offer this rarely-appreciated human gift back to God. This is the cause of St. Francis of Assisi's perfect joy. St. Francis of Assisi by Jusepe de … [Read more...]
The Eternal Priesthood of Jesus Christ
June 1, 2012 by Fr. Austin E. Green, OP
"You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.” Christ Pantocrator Although there are tens of thousands of priests in the Catholic Church, there is, in the most proper sense of the word, only one Priest, and that P … [Read more...]
Honoring the Priesthood in June
June 1, 2012 by David Vincent Meconi
To those enjoying the memories, blessed anniversary! To those still relishing your freshly-chrismed hands, congratulations! As June is upon us, we at HPR would like to thank all of you who are celebrating your priestly ordinations … [Read more...]
Come, Holy Spirit!
Feast of Pentecost
May 27, 2012 by HPRweb.com
Sequence for Pentecost Veni, Sancte Spiritus, et emitte caelitus lucis tuae radium. Pentecost by Titian Come, Holy Ghost, send down those beams, which sweetly flow in silent streams from Thy bright throne … [Read more...]
The Liturgy and Divine Adoption
May 26, 2012 by Owen Vyner
God has predestined us to be adopted sons and daughters, an invitation made in and through his Son, by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. It is pure gift, completely and freely bestowed upon man as a grace, and received in b … [Read more...]
The First Beatitude: A Blessing to the New Evangelization
May 24, 2012 by Dr. Joseph R. Hollcraft
The quintessential focus, of identifying man’s holiness as the threshold to all evangelization, has been essential to the last four papacies because Pope Paul VI, John XXIII, Blessed John Paul, and Benedict have all stressed our call to h … [Read more...]
Liturgical Diversity in the Third Millennium
May 21, 2012 by Charles G. Mills
The liturgy in the West, today, is far richer than that set forth in the liturgical books promulgated by Pope Paul VI. In the 1970s, it was generally assumed that the liturgical reform, called for by Vatican II, had taken its final … [Read more...]
Same-Sex Attractions in Youth and Their Right to Informed Consent
May 21, 2012 by Dr. Richard P. Fitzgibbons, MD
This paper was presented at the Twenty-Third Workshop for Bishops in Dallas, Texas, on February 16, 2011, sponsored by The National Catholic Bioethics Center and the Knights of Columbus. Youth have the right to be provided with the … [Read more...]
Preaching Gregory the Great’s Moral Sense of Scripture
May 18, 2012 by Deacon Robert F. Gorman, PhD
Gregory’s Pastoral Rule offers the most extensive collection of his advice to preachers, but his letters to fellow bishops highlight his concern for the bishop as the moral leader of his flock. Pope St. Gregory the Great “May the words … [Read more...]
The Eminent Doctrine of St. John of Avila: A Most Dynamic Priesthood
May 16, 2012 by Br. John Paoletti
The prayer, work, and lifestyle of St. John of Avila provides an eminent doctrine for priests and seminarians: intense spiritual life, rooted in faith, coming first in the life of a priest, flowing from an interior union with Christ, … [Read more...]
Science and Faith
May 10, 2012 by R. Jeffrey Grace
The theologian today must resist the impulse to denounce a scientific theory because it conflicts with his theological model. The scientist has to resist claiming that a finding of science invalidates a tenet of faith or doctrine. An … [Read more...]
Effects of the Annunciation
May 3, 2012 by Robert Wenderski
“Caro cardo salutis,” the flesh is the hinge of salvation. Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh VIII.2 The Annunciation by John William Waterhouse Mary's "yes" at the Annunciation achieves the central truths of the Incarnation, … [Read more...]
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