VIEW FROM THE PEW It was one of those Biblical texts that brought out the writer and editor in me. The evangelist John quoted Jesus, making his farewell to the Apostles, as saying “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot hear it now.” It was just the thing to distract; the worst […]
Talk story: For our families, let us pray
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The family is the place where we learn to live with one another, to live with young people and with those who are older. And by being united in our differences — young people, the elderly, adults, children — we evangelize with our example of life.” (Pope Francis, Pope’s Prayer Network, […]
Effie Caldarola: Choosing a side
FOR THE JOURNEY In the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the saint asks us to make a choice between “the two standards.” Using our imaginations, we envision the banner, or standard, of Christ arrayed on one side, and the legions of the evil one gathering in opposition on the other. Which side do […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Am I doomed by Scripture? Masses said for things other than specific people?
QUESTION CORNER Q: In the Book of Wisdom (3:17-18 and 4:3) it indicates that children born of a forbidden union will suffer a miserable fate and not amount to anything. They are illegitimate and can never lay a firm foundation with values that are deeply rooted. I was born out of wedlock; my Dad’s family […]
Greg Erlandson: A tale of two weddings
AMID THE FRAY How do we attract people to our church? How do we invite people to “come and see”? These are questions being asked with greater urgency these days. The “nones,” that is, those with no religious affiliation, are growing in number, while too many Catholics are walking away from any sort of consistent […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Freedom from slavery
13TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 1Kings 19:16b, 19-21; Galatians 5:1, 13-18; Luke 9:51-62 The First Book of Kings is the source of this weekend’s first reading. As the names of these two volumes imply, First and Second Kings were written, to a degree, to be a chronicle of the lives and reigns of Israel’s early […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Join the eucharistic revival
CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS Every Sunday at Mass we are invited to sit at the table of the Lord and behold the mystery of the bread and wine being consecrated and transformed into the real presence of the body and blood of Christ. For many Catholics, this tenet of our faith has simply become symbolic. “I […]
Talk story: This epidemic of evil and violence
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “My heart is broken over the massacre at the primary school in Texas. I pray for the children and adults killed, and for their families. It is time to say ‘no more’ to the indiscriminate trafficking of weapons. Let us all strive to ensure that such tragedies can never happen again.” […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Father, Son and Spirit are one
TRINITY SUNDAY Proverbs 8:22-31; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15 The church celebrates Trinity Sunday this weekend, and it uses the celebration to teach us about the Holy Trinity, the mystery of three Persons in the one God. For its first reading, the church offers us a passage from the Book of Proverbs. Proverbs is one of […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Missing Mass while on a cruise ship? Celebrating Mass in a state of sin?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Every summer, my husband and I go on a cruise. Only one cruise line (Holland America) continues to have a priest on board to say Mass. When we travel on other cruise lines, frequently we have missed Sunday Mass because there was no priest on board and we could not get to […]
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