Q: Recently, in answer to a reader’s question, you suggested that applause for a musical performance during the Mass is inappropriate and breaks the flow of the liturgy. May I invite consideration of a possible addendum to your comments? There are faith communities in the U.S. where applause during religious services is not meant to […]
Kathleen T. Choi: What do you pray for?
Do you pray for a parking space? Some Christians do. Others never ask for anything; they just thank and repent. Some will intercede for other people but not themselves. Some pray for big things, like a job, but don’t bother God with more trivial matters. At one time or another, I’ve taken all those positions. […]
Father John Catoir: Nonviolence as the ultimate path to peace
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a great American hero. He practiced the noble art of nonviolent opposition to injustice in the same way that Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela practiced it. He led peaceful demonstrations against those in authority to defeat practices such as segregation, racial discrimination and unequal treatment under the law. All […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God will never leave us
4TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Deuteronomy 18:15-20; 1 Corinthians 7:32-35; Mark 1:21-28 The Book of Deuteronomy furnishes the first reading this weekend. Deuteronomy appears in modern Bibles as the fifth book in sequence in the Old Testament. It is one of the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Old Testament, all attributed to Moses. […]
Mary Adamski: ‘Christ’s love has gathered us into one’
Participants in last year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity pray around the Taize cross at the Newman Center. (HCH file photo) “Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.” Don’t worry, even old-time religion Catholics needn’t fret about being tested on the translation from the Latin. Here it is: “Where charity and love are, […]
Talk story: Beginning the new year witnessing to Jesus
As we begin our journey this new year seeking to witness to Jesus by deepening our love of God and neighbor, the feast of the Epiphany and images of the Magi remind us of the international appeal of the vulnerable child in the manger. Pope Francis’ visit to the Philippines also shows us how global […]
Effie Caldarola: A pet’s death and our own
After Christmas, a brutal cold descended on my part of the Midwest and ushered in our new year. We returned from our holiday travels to find a light dusting of snow. Most of it had been blown away by the harsh winds of the Plains, but when I awoke in the morning, I discovered that […]
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: Esteeming our elders
Occasionally we hear disturbing stories in the media about young people who perpetrate abuse against the elderly. In a widely reported 2009 story, for example, caretakers at the Quadrangle Assisted Living facility outside Philadelphia were charged in connection with the abuse of an elderly patient named Lois McCallister. Three employees, aged 19, 21 and 22, […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: The only way to true life and joy
1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19; 1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20; John 1:35-42 The First Book of Samuel is the source of the first reading for this weekend. Originally, First and Second Samuel were one volume. At some point in history, an editor divided them into two, and so two volumes appear in Bible translations today. As the […]
Father John Catoir: The wisdom of Pope Francis
“Unity in necessary things, freedom in doubtful things and charity in all things”: This is a time-honored principle of moral theology that will help you to understand the thinking of Pope Francis, who is very wise. A relatively small number of Catholics have taken issue with Pope Francis in his attempt to bring more compassion […]
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