Christ’s Church brings the Octave of Christmas to a close with her praising, “O admirabile commercium: O marvelous exchange! Man’s Creator has become man, born of a virgin. We have been made sharers in the divinity of Christ who humbled hims … [Read more...]
Archives for 2010
O Admirabile Commercium: The true Christmas exchange
On Christmas we see how Christ “exchanges” his heavenly privilege for humanity.
December 1, 2010 by David Vincent Meconi
Jesus Christ is from above
Editorial, December 2010
December 1, 2010 by Fr. Kenneth Baker, SJ
Romano Guardini was one of the great Catholic thinkers of the twentieth century. He is perhaps best known for his penetrating analysis of Jesus in his book called The Lord, which first appeared in 1937. Recently I read an article entitled … [Read more...]
From conservation to consecration: Towards a Green Thomism
The Catholic tradition has much to contribute to an authentic environmentalism.
November 1, 2010 by Dr. Christopher J. Thompson
The Lord fills the earth with goodness. (Ps 33:5) Introduction “Ah! If we could and would only listen to the lesson of the bees…how much better the world would be! Working like bees with order and peace we would learn to enjoy and have o … [Read more...]
Pro-lifers vs. relativism
Editorial, November 2010
November 1, 2010 by Fr. Kenneth Baker, SJ
The struggle between anti-abortion and pro-abortion groups in recent years, highlighted and brought to a peak in the debate over Obama’s healthcare bill, goes way beyond the issue of abortion and the right to life. The struggle is not just b … [Read more...]
Tradition and Catholic faith
Editorial, October 2010
October 1, 2010 by Fr. Kenneth Baker, SJ
Recently I read a little book by the German Catholic philosopher Josef Pieper called Tradition: Concept and Claim (St. Augustine’s Press, 2010). In the book Pieper offers some reflections on the important notion of tradition. He is not pri … [Read more...]
Hope for the salvation of infants who die without baptism
Editorial, August 2010
August 1, 2010 by Fr. Kenneth Baker, SJ
A constant theological problem, at least since the time of Augustine, is the question of the salvation of infants who die without baptism. Many solutions to the problem have been proposed, such as: they are in hell but not seriously … [Read more...]
The Catholic Holocaust of Nagasaki—“Why, Lord?”
The witness of the Catholics of Nagasaki shows God’s providence in the darkest of times.
August 1, 2010 by Br. Anthony Josemaria
On August 9, 1945, God’s inscrutable providence allowed an atomic bomb named “Fat Man” to be dropped from a B-29 into the heavily populated city of Nagasaki. The epicenter of the blast was the Urakami district, the heart and soul of Catho … [Read more...]
Holiness of priests
Editorial, June 2010
June 1, 2010 by Fr. Kenneth Baker, SJ
Recently I was re-reading Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen’s book Those Mysterious Priests (1974), published five years before his death on December 9, 1979. In Chapter 7 he talks about how the priest continues the Incarnation of God by sharing in … [Read more...]
In defense of dogma
Editorial, May 2010
May 1, 2010 by Fr. Kenneth Baker, SJ
I want to raise my voice in defense of dogma. Since the Vatican Council dogma has been neglected, downplayed and even reviled by some theologians. This has been the result of the emphasis on Holy Scripture, because the Council urged … [Read more...]
The meaning of sacrament
Editorial, April 2010
April 1, 2010 by Fr. Kenneth Baker, SJ
In October 2008 I covered the Roman Synod of Bishops for HPR. My report and summary of the synod appeared in the February 2009 issue. At a special press conference during the synod it was announced that the German publishing company, … [Read more...]
Physician-assisted suicide: Can the culture of life and love prevail?
With faith and hope in Jesus and a firm resolve, it is not inevitable that PAS and euthanasia proponents will win the day.
April 1, 2010 by Arland K. Nichols
The daunting specter of physician-assisted suicide (PAS) continues to loom in our country and throughout the world.[1. International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, Update, Year 2009 Vol. 23, No.2. All statistics are derived … [Read more...]
Fr. Rawley Myers, R.I.P.
A faithful, publishing priest. Editorial, March 2010
March 1, 2010 by Fr. Kenneth Baker, SJ
Fr. Rawley Myers, who lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is the leading author of articles in HPR during my editorship, 1971-2010. For forty years he was a regular contributor of articles, homilies, book reviews and letters to the editor. … [Read more...]
Year for Priests: Presence and not production
In our obsession with worldly standards of success, we forget the message of the littleness of the Gospel.
March 1, 2010 by Fr. Alvaro Delgado
We learn from the Church’s sacred Tradition and the Scriptures the sublime role the priest plays as a steward of God’s mysteries in the vineyard of the Lord, responsible for bringing the Good News of salvation to God’s holy people. Through t … [Read more...]
Three in One
Editorial, February 2010
February 1, 2010 by Fr. Kenneth Baker, SJ
Every year priests are called upon to preach on the Holy Trinity on Trinity Sunday. That is a sermon I very much like to give because it gives me the opportunity to explain for our people the most fundamental mystery of all the great … [Read more...]
St. Thomas and Chesterton on law, human and divine
Both St. Thomas and Chesterton were aware that human laws do not always conform to the natural and eternal laws.
February 1, 2010 by Thomas Storck
It was not Zeus who gave the order, And Justice living with the dead below Has never given men a law like this. Nor did I think that your pronouncements were So powerful that mere man could override The unwritten and unfailing laws of … [Read more...]
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