From the turmoil over sexual orientation and gender identity, to the questions of abortion and euthanasia, the significance of the body for human identity and well-being is before our eyes as much as it ever was. In Veritatis Splendor, Pope … [Read more...]
The Twin Treasures of Life and Love that Gush Forth from the Sacred Heart of Jesus
April 14, 2016 by Jayson M. Brunelle, MEd, CAGS
Using concepts derived from Aristotelian philosophy, Aquinas provides a tremendous insight into God’s essence by explaining how the latter is the sole Being whose “essence” and “existence” are one and the same: “... God is not only his own e … [Read more...]
“Shrouded” in Mystery
A Theology of Holy Saturday
March 23, 2016 by Dr. Robert P. Miller
Holy Saturday is often the forgotten, and most neglected, day of Holy Week because it gets lost among the great liturgies of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil. Holy Thursday celebrates the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, with the w … [Read more...]
The Eucharistic Theology of Karl Rahner: A Critical Survey
February 29, 2016 by Book Reviews
Karl Rahner is representative of a body of theologians who during the middle of the twentieth century wanted to rearticulate Catholic sacramental theology so as to make it more palatable to the modern world. Like other theologians, Rahner … [Read more...]
Nilus Cabasilas and a Modern Greek Theologian on “the Heresy of Anti-Papism”
January 15, 2016 by James Likoudis
Nilus Cabasilas (c. 1295-1363) succeeded Gregory Palamas on the archepiscopal throne of Thessalonika, and was one of the most distinguished Byzantine intellectuals and theologians of the 14th century. He was heavily involved in the … [Read more...]
Our Church and Vision
January 15, 2016 by Fr. John Navone, SJ
St. John affirms the mystery which is at the heart of our Christian faith: the “love which the Father has lavished on us in letting us be called God’s children” (1 Jn 3:1), the love that takes flesh in Christ, and the outpouring of his Spiri … [Read more...]
Vulnerability as a Place of Divine Encounter
December 14, 2015 by Deacon James Keating
God acts only for the good. God acts only to share himself as Love, namely, Jesus Christ. The human person is invited to respond to this revelation of love with his own vulnerability; he is invited to allow God to act in his being. In … [Read more...]
Questions Answered
December 14, 2015 by Fr. Brian Mullady, OP
Question: I would like to study the problem of universal ideas in Thomas Aquinas. Can you give me some insight into understanding this problem, and some sources on how to research this problem in Catholic authors? Answer: Pope Benedict i … [Read more...]
The Merciful Call to Holiness
Addressing the Dualism Between Mercy and Doctrine in Cardinal Kasper’s Proposal
August 30, 2015 by Thomas Gourlay
Ever since it was first floated in his 1977 work, Cardinal Walter Kasper’s proposal to apply mercy to those suffering outside full communion with the Church through civil divorce and remarriage has been the source of much debate.[1. Walter K … [Read more...]
Reflections on the Glorification of Jesus in the Gospel of John
August 9, 2015 by Melissa Eitenmiller
One of the leitmotifs of the Gospel of John is the theme of glory: how the Son receives glory from the Father, and through this reception, the Son is manifested to us. In fact, the very purpose of the Gospel stated in John 2 … [Read more...]
A Divine Reflection: You and the Holy Eucharist
August 9, 2015 by Margaret O'Reilly
It has often been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. If so, it would seem that a mirror image of a picture must be worth twice as many words! But what if the mirror shattered into a myriad of pieces, and in every shard the same … [Read more...]
Summer Reading for August 2015
July 27, 2015 by Book Reviews
The One-Minute Aquinas: The Doctor’s Quick Answers to Fundamental Questions. Kevin Vost, Psy.D. (Manchester, NH: Sophia Institute Press, 2014) 265 pages. $24.15. (Reviewed by Jeffrey S. Burwell, SJ) The Saint Jerome Study Bible: Genesis t … [Read more...]
What’s Changed?
A Comparison of Self- and Divine-Referential Pronoun Usage in Hymns Written Pre- and Post-Vatican II
July 12, 2015 by J.E. Sigler
“He that sings praise, not only sings, but also loves him of whom he sings.”—St. Augustine Noticeable Change in Pre- & Post-Vatican II Hymns Some HPR readers may be unaware that people have been arguing about the language of Church hym … [Read more...]
Toward a Theology of the Papacy
Reading Between the Lines of the Church Fathers
July 12, 2015 by Dr. William R. Luckey, PhD
Most Catholics seem to know, whether they accept it or not, what the job of the pope is. He sort of runs the Church from a central location; he is infallible (protected from error) in his serious public pronouncements on the subject of … [Read more...]
An Anthropology of Gaudium et Spes
July 12, 2015 by Francis Etheredge
The radical originality of God: When God created man, male and female, “He established Himself” as the “un-originate origin” of the diversity of the sexes. Part I of II In Part I of this essay (Part II is here), there is an examination o … [Read more...]
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