Living as a creature - Editorial for February 2012
Editorial for February 2012The Bible begins with the solemn words, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen. 1:1). The Nicene Creed, which we pray at every Sunday Mass, begins:...
View ArticleThe Interior Life
The interior life for a Catholic means finding God in all things, leading to a life of contemplation in action. Faith in Jesus Christ has consequences. A devout Catholic, who takes his faith...
View ArticleThe Hypostatic Union
The Hypostatic Union had a profound effect on Jesus’ human nature, as he is both true man and, also, God. Jesus is not a human person like us, but a divine Person. Holy Trinity by Hendrick Van Balen...
View Article“How I Got to Be Ninety-Five”
The party was suffused with joy and Christian charity in celebrating the birthday of a mature man trying follow our Lord’s commandment: “Love one another.” Recently, I attended a birthday party for an...
View ArticleEvolution and the Catholic Faith
Evolution is a theory but not an established fact, because the origins of human life are not now observable, since, according to the theory, life arose from inert matter millions or billions of years...
View ArticleThe Theology of St. Paul
St. Paul is the most important theologian in the history of the Church … since St. Paul first gave expression to many truths that are the basis of the Creed and the Catechism of the Catholic Church....
View ArticleTheologians’ academic respectability
The teaching authority of the Church is the only guarantee the theologian has for both his academic respectability, and his intellectual freedom. Over the years, we have printed many articles on the...
View ArticleWhat does it mean to be “pastoral”?
The term “pastoral” comes from the Latin, pastor, meaning “shepherd,” and thus refers to the work and concern of the shepherd for his sheep. In the current ecclesiastical jargon, what is the meaning...
View ArticleAre doctrine and morals too controversial? - January 2013 Editorial
January 2013 Editorial What happens to a parish, and to its parishioners, when the pastor refuses to preach Catholic doctrine and morals on the grounds that they are now “too controversial”? Cardinal...
View ArticleOn striving for perfection
Our ultimate goal in life, a supernatural goal, which is the face-to-face vision of God in heaven for all eternity, is a state of perfection. Gradual progress or growth from imperfect to perfect is a...
View ArticleThe Virtue of Fidelity
My thoughts turn to the importance and need of fidelity precisely at this time when the Church is being tested, both from within and from without. Fidelity to one’s word, to one’s promises, and to...
View ArticleTrue freedom is interior
Interior freedom is gained by loving God and one’s neighbor, and by not being inordinately attached to any created thing. Alexander Solzhenitsyn and St. Therese of Lisieux Freedom is what...
View ArticleChange and permanence
The Catholic Church has always seemed to me to be like the solid Rock of Gibralter — stable and permanent. St. Peter, the Rock, and the Roman Catholic Church share the stability of the Rock of...
View ArticleShould homilies offer systematic instruction? - June 2013 Editorial
June 2013 Editorial…there has been, in my view, a serious neglect of instruction of the faithful in the fundamentals of the Catholic faith in a systematic way in most of our parishes. Recently a priest...
View ArticleThe New Pagans and the Church - A 1958 Lecture by Joseph Ratzinger (Pope...
A 1958 Lecture by Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI). Translated by Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J.According to religious statistics, old Europe is still a part of the earth that is almost completely...
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