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We continue our reflection on the mysteries of the rosary as a means of entering more deeply into the sacred mysteries made present in Holy Mass with an examination of The Glorious Mysteries.
1. The Resurrection of the Lord
And in the end of the Sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalen and the other Mary, to see the sepulcher. And behold there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and coming rolled back the stone...
Anti-Semitism must be exposed by the light of truth so it can be soundly defeated – the operative phrase here being “the light of truth”, and by this I mean whole and entire; with neither attenuation nor ambiguity. On this, surely all can agree.
In practice, however, this appears to be a real challenge for some participants in Catholic-Jewish dialogue today, and so perhaps some mutually acceptable “ecumenical ground rules” are in order to bring direction and discipline to our...
We continue our reflection on the mysteries of the rosary as a means of entering more deeply into sacred mysteries made present in Holy Mass with an examination of The Sorrowful Mysteries
1. The Agony in the Garden
And going out, he went, according to his custom, to the Mount of Olives. And his disciples also followed him. And when he was come to the place, he said to them: Pray, lest ye enter into temptation. And he was withdrawn away from them a stone’s cast. And kneeling down, he...
The Joyful Mysteries continued…
3. The Nativity of the Lord
And it came to pass that when they were there, Mary’s days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her first born son and wrapped him up in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger: because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds watching and keeping the night watches over their flock. And behold an angel of the Lord stood by them and the brightness of...
A number of saints have described the rosary as an effective weapon for helping Christians prevail in the spiritual battle that ever rages in our midst. In fact, so great is the rosary’s power that St. Pio of Pietrelcina even went so far as to say that it’s not simply a weapon; rather, “it is the weapon!”
Even though St. Pio was well known for having prayed the rosary many times each day, it was not so much the centerpiece of his life as it was his compass. And where did it...
Shortly after the first of many meetings between the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) in October of 2009, I wrote in my column:
Regardless of whether or not the meetings result in the SSPX arriving at full communion – something each of us should be praying for – it seems that we can expect one of its fruits to be a greater degree of clarity for every Catholic concerning the way in which the Council is to be received. Given the many...
I wish to thank those readers who submitted their thoughtful questions, and I would encourage you to submit more of the same to [email protected] so we can make good use of the time remaining (about 10 weeks!) before the new English translation of the Roman Missal is officially implemented.
Why such concern for an accurate translation and recovery of the Latin meaning rather than ensuring accuracy with the earliest Mass texts which are in Greek or Aramaic?
First, it’s important to...
According to the “U.S. Religious Landscape Survey” published in 2008 by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, the Catholic Church is bleeding membership like no other religious group in the country:
“Catholicism has experienced the greatest net losses as a result of affiliation changes… These losses would have been even more pronounced were it not for the offsetting impact of immigration… Approximately one-third of the survey respondents who say they were raised Catholic no...
One of the challenges associated with writing on the topic of sacred music is that it’s not really given to “bullet point” presentations. It takes considerable effort to discern the “mind of the Church” in the matter of music in the liturgy – a picture that begins to come into focus only after one explores multiple magisterial documents; carefully considering each in context with the great liturgical tradition of the Church as a whole.
That said, the following Q & A (edited for...
As debate surrounding the recently published John Jay Report (Causes and Context of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests in the United States, 1950-2010) continues, more and more Catholics are coming to the unavoidable conclusion (contrary to “official findings”) that the overwhelming majority of abuse cases were directly related to homosexuality.
One may further deduce that the historical spike in such incidents also likely coincided with an increase in the relative number of...
