For Sunday Liturgies and Feasts Homilies for November 2012 Christ, the Savior by Geranimo Bobadilla 1620-1680 Christ, The Great High Priest Purpose: The second reading should be used occasionally when it presents an important c … [Read more...]
Archives for 2012
Preaching to the Whole Person: Classical Wisdom for the New Evangelization
October 25, 2012 by Fr. Michael Dominic O'Connor, OP
St. Augustine, the Church’s foremost teacher in the classical art of Christian preaching, master rhetorician, and former teacher of oratory, was convinced that the pagan rhetorical tradition, so important to the ancient cultures of Greece a … [Read more...]
Theologians’ academic respectability
October 22, 2012 by Fr. Kenneth Baker, SJ
The teaching authority of the Church is the only guarantee the theologian has for both his academic respectability, and his intellectual freedom. Over the years, we have printed many articles on the proper relationship that should exist … [Read more...]
Las Presentaciones: A Vibrant Hispanic Tradition
October 20, 2012 by Fr. Gus Puelo
This principally Mexican tradition of the presenting of a child to God, and to the Church, stems from a strong desire by parents to ask for divine protection for their newborn, and thanksgiving for a safe childbirth, as infant mortality … [Read more...]
The Latest Book Reviews
For September/October 2012
October 18, 2012 by Book Reviews
Reviews on the following books: THE MEANING OF SEX. By Jay Budziszewski (Reviewed by Fr. James Schall, S.J.). THE SECRET LIFE OF JOHN PAUL II. By Lino Zani with Marilu Simoneschi. (Reviewed by Peter A. Huff). DOCTRINAL SERMONS ON THE … [Read more...]
The Year of Faith: Recovering a Culture that is Genuinely Catholic
October 12, 2012 by Arland K. Nichols
Surveys of Catholics reveal that a majority do not live in accord with, or simply do not know, their Catholic faith. ... On October 11, Pope Benedict called for a “Year of Faith” to “rediscover the journey of faith” in the midst of “a profou … [Read more...]
The Most Holy Rosary
October 10, 2012 by Paul Kokoski
Because the Immaculate Virgin was chosen to be the Mother of God, cooperating with him in the work of man's salvation, she has a favor and power with her Son greater than any human or angelic creature ... it is her greatest pleasure to … [Read more...]
The Heavenly Attitudes
October 9, 2012 by Brent Withers
The mystery of receiving God’s love is to fully experience ... the infinite love God has for each one of us, along with an equally experiential awareness of our uniqueness, and smallness. St. Faustina and St. Catherine of Siena The hu … [Read more...]
The Vertex of Love
October 8, 2012 by Jonathan Fleischmann
When Mary was predestined in one and the same decree with Jesus Christ by the design of God—before the creation of angels or the universe, and before the existence of sin or evil—she was predestined to be the Spouse of the Holy Spirit ... to … [Read more...]
In Praise of My Father
October 3, 2012 by Judene Indovina
I write this article as a pause from the great sorrow of scandal which has wounded the Church, in order to bring to mind... the spiritual beauty of fatherhood present in our priests. Being corrected by a prince of the Church in the … [Read more...]
God’s Love: Reason for Hope
September 30, 2012 by Fr. William P. Clark, OMI
His love for man will never rest until he has raised our earthbound nature from glory to glory, and made it one with his own in heaven.- From a sermon by St. Andrew of Crete, pg. … [Read more...]
“You Can Always Give Them Kindness”
My Favorite Priest
September 29, 2012 by Loretta Matulich
Fr. Robert C. Cieslinski was a priest in the mold of St. John Vianney ... He was self-effacing and humble, but realistic. “It is unusual to see so many people at the funeral Mass of a diocesan priest, especially one of his age.” So r … [Read more...]
Some Comments on the 2012 Democratic National Platform
September 29, 2012 by Dr. Charles P. Poole, PhD
The Obama administration has been pursuing a policy that in my opinion, and that of others, amounts to a type of persecution of Catholicism: forcing Catholic institutions to pay for, what from their perspective, are immoral insurance … [Read more...]
Homilies for October 2012
September 21, 2012 by Fr. Charles Klamut
For Sunday Liturgies and Feasts Homilies for October 2012 Christ Consolator by Carl Bloch Spousal Love Purpose: God gave the human race the sacrament of matrimony, “as the one blessing that was not forfeited by original sin or washed a … [Read more...]
Avoiding Cooperation with Evil: Keeping Your Nose Clean in a Dirty World
September 21, 2012 by Dr. William Newton
The most important distinction, when it comes to evaluating cooperation in evil, is the distinction between formal and material cooperation—formal cooperation being always wrong, while material cooperation might be wrong if a person does no … [Read more...]
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