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Homilies for December 2024
For December 1, December 8, December 9 (Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception), December 12 (Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe), December 15, December 22, December 25 (Nativity of Our Lord), and December 29 (Feast of the Holy Family) Homilies for Sundays by Fr. Sam Sawyer, SJ Homilies for feast days by Rev. John P. Cush, […]
Adult Formation of the Laity: The Catechetical Priority
On any Sunday morning, stop into your local Protestant church, regardless of denomination, and you will find huddled in a small cluster on the side a group of adults studying the Bible while their children attend religious school. This is an edifying example of the emphasis and priority which they give to adult formation. However, […]
Priests Who Cry Wolf
History shows that, when preaching about the end of the world, zealous and holy priests have not always been prudent priests. Take, for example, the preaching of Saint Gregory the Great. He lived in an era that many of his contemporaries considered “the worst of times,” flooded with many terrors which Gregory interpreted to mean […]
The Flavor of God: On Cooking and Christian Materialism
“Our Lord moves amidst the pots and pans,” St. Teresa of Avila once said, and indeed, I often find God in a busy kitchen. I love cooking, once described to me as the art of redistributing water, which is simply a very clever way of saying that chefs are masters of matter. Catholicism, when fully […]
Liturgical Leadership According to Pope Francis’ Desiderio Desideravi
The purpose of this article is to present a vision of liturgical leadership that can be found on the pages of Pope Francis’ apostolic letter Desiderio Desideravi (2022) (henceforth DD, available on the Vatican website). The context of this papal letter is another document on the liturgy that Francis published in 2021, the motu proprio […]
The Eucharist and the Call to Witness
Every year the Biblical readings that are proclaimed in the Church’s liturgy throughout the Lenten and Easter seasons recount the dramatic transformation that takes place in the lives of Christ’s first disciples and followers as they witness to the salvific events of His life, death and resurrection. At the heart of this transformation is their […]
Questions Answered – December 2024
Doctrine vs. Dogma: The Difference? Question: Dear Father Cush, I hope that this is a simple question — what’s the difference between doctrine and dogma? Answer: Dear Reader, that is a great question and it is one that even I get confused by sometimes. The problem lies in the fact that these terms, “doctrine” and […]
Book Reviews – December 2024
Rethinking Cooperation with Evil: A Virtue-Based Approach. By Fr. Ryan Connors. Reviewed by Fr. Joseph Briody. (skip to review) John Tracy Ellis: An American Catholic Reformer. By Thomas J. Shelley. Reviewed by Fr. Ryan Connors. (skip to review) The Seeker’s Catechism: The Basics of Catholicism. By Michael Pennock. Reviewed by Matthew B. Rose. (skip to review) Rabbles, Riots, and […]
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Homilies for December 2024
For December 1, December 8, December 9 (Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception), December 12 (Feast … more...
Homilies for November 2024
For All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day, November 3, November 10, November 17, and November 24 (So … more...
From the Editor
Ecclesiology After the NEC with Bishop Barron as Our Guide
I was not blessed to personally attend the National Eucharistic … more...
Guilt and the Eucharist
The words of the centurion, words that we say again and again at every … more...
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