Saints
Befriending the Church Fathers
Susan Muto Comments Off on Befriending the Church Fathers
Priests are “fathers” whose compassionate care wells up from the spring of their inclusive love for the people of God. These fathers have been “fathered” by the Trinitarian mystery and befriended in a special way by the Fathers of the Church on whose wisdom they draw in their roles as teachers and preachers. This article Read More
The Selfless Leadership of St. Barnabas
Michael R. Heinlein Comments Off on The Selfless Leadership of St. Barnabas
Aside from the Twelve, few others receive the designation of apostle in the New Testament. Chief among them is the apostle Paul. Among the others is his one-time collaborator Barnabas, whose memorial is celebrated by the Church on June 11. Legend recalls Barnabas as one of the 70 disciples of Christ in the Gospel, but Read More
Lessons from St. Thomas Aquinas
Father Douglas J. Milewski Comments Off on Lessons from St. Thomas Aquinas
Entering the theological world of St. Thomas Aquinas can be like stepping into a dauntingly vast and variegated universe, not unlike how meeting St. Augustine, Dante or Shakespeare can be. Certainly St. Thomas presents unique challenges, being one of history’s greatest geniuses, who also was given to mystical experiences. Then there is the matter of Read More
Friends in High Places
Michael R. Heinlein Comments Off on Friends in High Places
It is not uncommon to find friendships within the Communion of Saints. There are stories of saintly siblings like Sts. Benedict and Scholastica, who spent the night before the latter’s death engaged in a conversation of the heart about the things of faith. Or others come to mind, like the spiritual friendship of immigrant American Read More
St. John of the Cross
Father Terence P. Curley Comments Off on St. John of the Cross
In our secular society spirituality is often overlooked or not given its just due especially when we experience the loss of loved ones. From the faith perspective we need to help the bereaved to place their loss into the context of faith. By so doing we can help the grief-stricken to move forward and grow Read More
John Paul II
Victor M. Parachin Comments Off on John Paul II
The future starts today, not tomorrow. — John Paul II In January 1945, as World War II was ending, the German army began retreating from Poland providing new freedoms for the people. One who benefited from the retreat was a young teenaged girl named Edith Zierer who had escaped from a Nazi labor camp. Though Read More
The Life of St. Juan de Ávila
Father Gus Puleo Comments Off on The Life of St. Juan de Ávila
On Oct. 7, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI officially named St. Juan de Ávila a Doctor of the Church. In a homily given to the Pontifical Spanish College of St. Joseph in Rome in May of that year, Pope Benedict described Juan de Ávila as a holy parish priest with profound knowledge of “sacred Scripture, of Read More
The Conservative Innovator
Brother Elliott C. Maloney Comments Off on The Conservative Innovator
When we recite the Lord’s Prayer, it’s always the version written in Matthew’s Gospel that we say, not Luke’s. The same goes for the beatitudes. When we think of the Last Judgment, it’s always Matthew’s great scene with the sheep and the goats in Chapter 25 that we recall. Yes, Matthew is the Church’s Gospel, Read More