How do priests respond to penitents who come into the confessional or seek counsel in the office saying, “I feel like a hypocrite. I come to confession every (day, week, month), and I confess the same sin” (gambling, drinking, pornography, m … [Read more...]
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“Father, forgive me, for I have sinned—again, and again”
September 30, 2022 by Fr. Anthony J. Pinizzotto
How Appealing to “Inclusivity” Is Detrimental
September 30, 2022 by Abbot Austin Murphy
On February 7, 2022, Brantly Millegan was fired as the director of operations for Ethereum Name Services (ENS). The cause for his termination was a Tweet that he posted in 2016 that expressed Catholic moral teachings in blunt form. It read: … [Read more...]
Can We Be Recognized As Christians?
Practicing Love in Contentious Times
September 30, 2022 by S. E. Greydanus
“By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35). Christ thus established love as the essential identifying mark of those who belong to Him. Love reveals the Christian; conversely, if we do … [Read more...]
Questions Answered – October 2022
September 30, 2022 by Fr. Brian Mullady, OP
Church Teaching and the Theological Ethics of Life Question: There has been much talk about the Church changing her teaching on Humanae Vitae. This apparently is due to a recent document from the Pontifical Academy of Life: Theological … [Read more...]
Book Reviews – October 2022
September 30, 2022 by Book Reviews
Touched by Christ: The Sacramental Economy. By Lawrence Feingold. Reviewed by Mark McCann. (skip to review) Transubstantiation: Theology, History, and Christian Unity. By Brett Salkeld. Reviewed by Dan Sherven. (skip to … [Read more...]
Homilies for September 2022
August 30, 2022 by Fr. Matthew Gonzalez
For September 4, September 11, September 18, and September 25 Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time – September 4, 2022 Readings: Wis 9:13–18b • Ps 90:3–4, 5–6, 12–13, 14 and 17 • Phmn 9–10, 12–17 • Lk 14:25–33 bible.usccb.org/bible/r … [Read more...]
The New Staff of HPR
August 30, 2022 by HPRweb.com
Taking effect September 1, 2022, a new team will assume leadership of Homiletic & Pastoral Review. HPR welcomes Rev. John P. Cush, STD, as Editor-in-Chief, with Sister Mary Micaela Hoffman, RSM, S.S.L., as Associate Editor. At the same … [Read more...]
Response to Peter Kwasniewski
August 30, 2022 by Mary Healy
On the solemnity of Corpus Christi this year (June 19), the U.S. bishops launched the “Eucharistic Revival,” a three-year endeavor aimed at rekindling Eucharistic faith and devotion among Catholics. Almost simultaneously, on June 29, Pope Fr … [Read more...]
The Importance of Recognizing Satan’s Existence
August 30, 2022 by John Boyle
This essay is a sequel to my article, “Disbelief in the Existence of Personified Evil” in the August 2020 issue of this same publication. In that article, I explained Satan’s identity, his motives, his ways, the times in which he attacks, an … [Read more...]
It’s All Just a Mathematical Equation
August 30, 2022 by Karen Eriksson-Lee
The devil wants to divide us. It’s as simple as that. As simple as a mathematical equation, but one that has devastating consequences. As Catholic Christians, who have been taught that evil spirits flee “in the name of Jesus,” we should k … [Read more...]
Questions Answered – September 2022
August 30, 2022 by Fr. Brian Mullady, OP
Truly Believing in the Real Presence Question: I am 73 and a lifelong Catholic. I struggle with the doctrine of the real presence. I say this partially because if Catholics really believed this, the churches and adoration chapels would be … [Read more...]
Book Reviews – September 2022
August 30, 2022 by Book Reviews
The Light Entrusted to You: Keeping the Flame of Faith Alive. By John R. Wood. Reviewed by Aaron Martin. (skip to review) The Education of a Historian: A Strange and Wonderful Story. By John W. O’Malley. Reviewed by Christopher Siuzdak. ( … [Read more...]
Homilies for August 2022
July 28, 2022 by Fr. Brice Higginbotham
For August 7, August 14, August 15 (Solemnity of the Assumption), August 21, and August 28 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – August 7, 2022 Readings: Wis 18:6–9 • Ps 33:1, 12, 18–19, 20–22 • Heb 11:1–2, 8–19 or Heb 11:1–2, 8–12 • Lk 1 … [Read more...]
Overview of Desiderio Desideravi
July 28, 2022 by Fr. Timothy Eck
On the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, June 29, 2022, Pope Francis promulgated the Apostolic Letter Desiderio Desideravi.[1. Francis, Desiderio Desideravi (Rome: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2022), … [Read more...]
The Universal Call to Evangelization
Nothing Can Disqualify You From This Urgent Mission
July 28, 2022 by Steve Dawson
As we do our work at Saint Paul Street Evangelization, there are so many different evangelization-related topics to address. What exactly is evangelization? Why do we need to do it? How do we evangelize effectively? What is the Kerygma and … [Read more...]
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