The United States military is not tactically nor morally perfect. Yet it is rightly known to be one of the strongest forces in the world. Its ability to respond to global threats within hours and display impressive power makes it ready to … [Read more...]
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Military Zeal in the Priesthood
What Priests Can Learn from the Ukrainian Military
November 24, 2023 by Fr. Shane Deman
Russia and Peace
November 24, 2023 by Rev. Thomas G. Morrow
Russia has started a war against Ukraine. China appears to be posturing to attack Taiwan. North Korea is threatening South Korea and the United States with nuclear weapons. Iran is striving to attain nuclear weapons. And there is a war … [Read more...]
Theology of Suffering and the New Evangelization
November 24, 2023 by Cole DeSantis
In August of 2022, Bishop Robert Barron took part in an interview with the actor Shia LaBeouf to discuss his conversion to the Catholic faith. LaBeouf’s conversion was influenced in part by his being cast to portray Padre Pio in a movie by A … [Read more...]
The Ineffability of the Mystical Body of Christ
November 24, 2023 by Carolyn Humphreys, OCDS
The Church was established by Christ as an extension and continuation of his incarnation and his mission. Just as a natural body is formed of different organs and systems, each with their own function, so is the Church bound together by a … [Read more...]
Advent and Eschaton
November 24, 2023 by Philip Primeau
Advent is profoundly eschatological, a reality that grows more apparent as the season reaches its climax. In these days, Holy Mother Church considers Jesus Christ as the Approaching One, who brings into the middle of time not only the … [Read more...]
Questions Answered – December 2023
November 24, 2023 by Fr. Brian Mullady, OP
Christ’s Action in the Liturgy Question: The priest is said to act “in the person of Christ” during the Eucharist prayer. Is this true only at the words of institution or during the whole Mass? Answer: As a ritual, the Mass is heaven on … [Read more...]
Book Reviews – December 2023
November 24, 2023 by Book Reviews
Politics After Christendom: Political Theology in a Fractured World. By David VanDrunen. Reviewed by M. Ciftci. (skip to review) Pondering the Permanent Things: Reflections on Faith, Art, and Culture. By Thomas Howard. Reviewed by S.E. … [Read more...]
Homilies for November 2023
October 27, 2023 by Fr. Ralph D'Elia
For All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day, November 5, November 12, November 19, and November 26 (Solemnity of Christ the King) Solemnity of All Saints – November 1, 2023 Readings: Rv 7:2–4, 9–14 • Ps 24:1bc–2, 3–4ab, 5–6 • 1 Jn 3:1–3 • Mt 5 … [Read more...]
Mary, Our Mother of Mercy
October 27, 2023 by Rev. John P. Cush, STD
My mother died in July 2020. I was blessed to be home from my then-assignment in Rome for the event; as it happened, I was the only one there with her. In a manner that was like a reverse Pieta, she died in my arms, breathing her last … [Read more...]
Toward Evangelization of Creators of the Christian Culture
October 27, 2023 by Fr. Zbigniew Tyburski, PhD
Saint John Paul II, during his pontificate of nearly twenty-seven years, had two main streams of thought. They can be characterized as the preservation of the Christian heritage and the transformation of contemporary secular culture through … [Read more...]
The Cantus Firmus: The Enduring Melody of Faith
October 27, 2023 by Rev. Michael Doyle
“For me to live is Christ” – Philippians 1:21 “Rely on the Cantus Firmus.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer All of us who have had the privilege of working as a priest in a parish have had to a greater or lesser extent the following pastoral exp … [Read more...]
The Very Stones Would Cry Out
Architecture and Evangelization
October 27, 2023 by Jason Honeycutt
In his 1998 work, Architecture in Communion, architect Steven Schloeder offers for consideration a twofold problem: first, the problem of how to design for contemporary, post-Vatican II liturgy, and second, what, if anything, should a … [Read more...]
Contemplation and Beauty: Reclaiming Sensuality for the New Evangelization
October 27, 2023 by Michael Gray
“The aesthetic value of creation cannot be overlooked. Our very contact with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity. The Bible speaks again and again of the goodness and beauty of c … [Read more...]
Give the Young the World of Good Music
October 27, 2023 by Elizabeth Altham
“[W]hen modes of music change, the fundamental mores of the state always change with them.” – Plato, Republic, 400b and 424c A few years ago, as preparation for a course in European history, I assigned the students in our high school di Lam … [Read more...]
Questions Answered – November 2023
October 27, 2023 by Fr. Brian Mullady, OP
The Place of Communion in the Mass Question: During the 40s and 50s, come Communion time at Mass, very few people walked up to the altar rails. Yesterday I read that one’s attendance at Mass is not complete without receiving the Eucharist ( … [Read more...]
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