The other day, 29-year-old cancer patient Brittany Maynard earned a 500-word obituary in The New York Times because she killed herself. The newspaper calls her “the public face for the ‘death with dignity’ movement.” It has to stop. If you think all the talk about slippery slopes is exaggerated, think again. Human life is increasingly […]
Viriditas: Father Harold Meyer, Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists) — part 2
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING The contemplative lifestyle As Trappists, we have the three pillars of the Divine Office, manual labor and lectio divina that create the contemplative lifestyle that supports us. Whether I am in choir or in the orchard, by myself or in community, all throughout the day and night, time is punctuated with prayer. […]
Father John Catoir: The synod and flexibility
There’s a saying out there that goes like this: “Unity in necessary things; liberty in doubtful things; charity in all things.” It’s hard to pin it down to one particular person, but it addresses a sentiment in the recent Synod of Bishops on the family. The Catholic Church teaches that a Christian has a right […]
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: Physician-assisted suicide and confronting our fears
The prospect of a very attractive, recently-married young woman with a terminal illness facing excruciating pain and suffering as she dies is enough to move anyone. The life and death of 29 year old Brittany Maynard recently captured enormous media attention when she declared she was moving to Oregon to commit suicide after having been […]
Effie Caldarola: Finding God in the silence
Do you ever sit idly in front of the television, remote control in hand pointed like a weapon, and flip through channels wondering why the offerings are so bad? It’s enough to make a woman pitch her remote and grab the nearest novel. Fortunately, right before I did that one night, I switched to public […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion | Feast of Christ the King
The King will never leave us Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17; 1 Corinthians 15:20-26, 28; Matthew 25:31-46 This weekend closes the church’s liturgical year of 2014. Next week, a new year will begin with the First Sunday of Advent. Closing the year means that the church has led us through 12 months of careful instruction about Jesus. […]
Kathleen T. Choi: Votes for Jesus
We know that all Christians have an obligation to spread the Good News. Yet few of us feel comfortable urging people to learn more about Jesus, much less join his church. Perhaps the recent election offers some tips for evangelization. Our friends, colleagues and neighbors know whether we’re Democrats or Republicans. Surely we can find […]
Mary Adamski: From here to eternity
Getting to church early on All Souls’ Day is a tradition of mine. I hope for a few moments in solitude and quiet to focus on the book. Not the liturgy of the day, but the Book of Dead, the ledger that will be out near the altar all month, a congregational prayer list open […]
Manaolana | Christina Capecchi: Art among us, art within us
Looking back, the son that was born to Leopald and Anna Maria Mozart on a Tuesday evening in late January seemed to arrive with fully formed symphonies bound up in his tiny body, waiting for ink and instrument. At age 3, the toddler nicknamed Wolfgangerl was identifying thirds on the clavier and by 5, he […]
Father John Catoir: Preaching the Gospel through dialogue
Pope Francis has been going to great lengths to spread love around the world, and he is quick to tell you that his love comes from the “free and gracious initiative of God,” as he put it in his apostolic exhortation “Evangelii Gaudium.” The simple truth is that love flows from person to person, or […]
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