VIEW FROM THE PEW “Mercy, mercy, me. Things ain’t what they used to be.” That’s the song running through my head this week. Seems like a post-Vatican II musical version of the Kyrie Eleison? Not. It’s lyrics from a 1970s song by blues singer Marvin Gaye. It was the title of the Mackey Marianist Lecture […]
Father Eugene Hemrick: Dealing wisely with turbulent times
THE HUMAN SIDE “If only I had wings like a dove that I might fly away and find rest. Far away I would flee; I would stay in the desert. I would soon find a shelter from the raging wind and storm” (Ps 55:7-9). Sadly, many people are fed up with our uncouth political atmosphere […]
Father John Catoir: The beauty of human sexuality
In an age of porn and sleaze, the need for a deepened respect for the positive aspects of human sexuality is real. In marriage, the desire to give one’s self to the delight of the beloved is a sign of Christian holiness. Human sexuality is perhaps the most talked about but least understood subject in […]
Christina Capecchi: A cure for election overload
TWENTY SOMETHING It’s almost as if November’s Mass readings were written for election-weary Catholics, with their foreboding tones and calls for “perseverance” and “endurance” amid distress. “They will seize you and persecute you,” St. Luke warns. “Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light,” St. Paul exhorts. […]
Effie Caldarola: Need and gift matched
FOR THE JOURNEY Not too long ago, a 15-year-old refugee from Eritrea was found walking along the side of a road in Hampton, England. Just another statistic, perhaps, representing a microcosm of an enormous problem, a worldwide conundrum encompassing millions and millions of people who have been displaced by war, famine, tyranny. It’s a refugee […]
Talk story: Focus on the vulnerable
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Jesus’ concern for the care of the hungry, the thirsty, the homeless and prisoners (cf. Mt 25:34-40) sought to express the core of the Father’s mercy. This becomes a moral imperative for the whole of society that wishes to maintain the necessary conditions for a better common life.” (Pope Francis) November […]
Sister Mary Ann Tupy, OSF, Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity: The prayer of this day
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewd by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I have always believed that our religious communities speak for God and that when they ask us sisters to take on a new ministry or to move to another place, that is God asking us to do his work in a new […]
John Garvey: The ‘trolley’ problem
INTELLECT AND VIRTUE There is a thought experiment in moral philosophy, made famous by Philippa Foot, called the trolley problem. Imagine you are the driver of a runaway trolley that you can steer but not stop. Up ahead, the track forks in two. On the left, there are five men working. If you go that […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: When will we act on the priest shortage?
QUESTION CORNER Q: I am very saddened now whenever I read the obituary notice for a priest — even if I haven’t known him personally — because I feel that this continues the downward spiral for the Catholic Church which has meant so much to me. (I am now 73.) When is the church going […]
Father John Catoir: Parish community and the spiritual life
There are two things to remember about your spiritual life: 1) It extends way beyond your prayer life to the way you treat others, the way you spend your money, the way you maintain your self-respect and even to your politics; 2) It also includes the way you relate to God through your local parish. […]
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