One of the worst of contemporary hymn-texts bids us to “Sing a new Church into being.” Not only does this injunction debase the noble hymn-tune “Nettleton;” it teaches a pseudo-Christian hubris that is contrary to […]
Readings: • 2 Kgs 4:8-11, 14-16a • Psa 89:2-3, 16-17, 18-19 • Rom 6:3-4, 8-11 • Mt 10:37-42 A great paradox—perhaps the paradox—of Christian belief and spirituality is that true and everlasting life comes through […]
Cardinal Robert Sarah speaks alongside Father Guillermo Gutiérrez at the lecture at La Salle University in Mexico City on June 26, 2023. / Credit: La Salle University
ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 1, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefec… […]
St. Teresa of Avila strongly believed that God was her great Friend, and that prayer is in large measure “an intimate sharing between friends.” One time she prayed to God, sharing with her Friend the […]
It would not be quite accurate to describe the Working Document for the October 2023 Synod (its Instrumentum Laboris, or IL) as “disappointing.” No one who has followed the “synodal process” underway since 2021 could […]
Readings: • Jer 20:10-13 • Psa 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35 • Rom 5:12-15 • Matt 10:26-33 Recently, while watching a basketball game on television, I was horrified when a commercial came on that was completely inappropriate […]
On the Readings for Sunday, June 24, 2012, The Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist […]
It’s a common belief in modern day society that all organizations be inclusive of everyone. The thought that one’s personal beliefs—and the behavior one chooses to engage in—should be accepted by everyone in the name […]
Readings: Ex 19:2-6a Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5 Rom 5:6-11 Mt 9:36—10:8 One of the descriptions of the Church emphasized in the documents of the Second Vatican Council is “the people of God.” The Dogmatic Constitution […]
On June 17, the day after this year’s celebration of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, it will have been one hundred years since the laying of the cornerstone of Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, […]
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