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 […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Dedication of St. John Lateran
We are the church Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12; 1 Corinthians 3:9c-11, 16-17; John 2:13-22 Last weekend, the church replaced the liturgy of the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time with the liturgy of the Feast of All Souls. This week, instead of the liturgy for the Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, the church celebrates the Feast […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Finding the right parish for gays
Q: My daughter is gay and has been with her partner for more than 10 years. Both are cradle Catholics and are practicing today. They used to belong to a parish where the priest was wonderful and baptized their son in the church, but since then, they have moved and that priest has been transferred […]
Viriditas: Father Harold Meyer, Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists)
It must be God’s way I joined the Army when I was 18, during the Korean War. After about a year and a half later, I asked myself, “What am I going to be doing after the Army? I will be free and not committed to anything.” In the military chapels there were always magazines […]
Carolyn Y. Woo: Working toward God’s abundance for all
In the Catholic Relief Services guest dining room in Baltimore we have decorated the left wall with pictures of grains, plants, trees, water. The inscription reads: “We shall see the bounty of the Lord.” On the opposing wall, we have the words from Psalm 27:13, “in the land of the living.” It is accompanied by […]
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