Category Archives: New Evangelization
Jesus Wept 13
Shrine of Dominus Flevit overlooking Jerusalem from the Mt. of Olives
“I am waiting for peace.”
“And what is peace?” I asked.
The store owner replied, “When the words of the Prophet in the holy book are fulfilled.”
Of course what he meant was, “When the world is converted to Islam.” More…
Staying Calm in Stormy Times 4
By Br. Eric Wandrey, LC
The past few weeks have been intense. Hurricane Sandy blasted the Tri-State region and the elections turned out badly. Here in Rome, I have been removed from the hype and hoopla, but from what I have read online, it is clear that, regarding the election, America is currently divided between those who are intensely elated and those who are upset and intensely worried.
Since Tuesday, I have been praying a lot and mulling over More…
Understanding Omniscience (and Omnipotence, and Free Will, etc…) 16
I recently got challenged with the following question:
Is God omnipotent and omniscient, or does he allow free will? You can’t have both.
I immediately responded, More…
We Are Catholic 10
At breakfast this morning a friend asked me my opinion on the recent news stories on voter fraud — whether I thought they were true.
“It really doesn’t matter,” I told him. “It’s over. Time to move on to things that really matter. Besides, ….”
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2 Cents Worth 12
Just another Sunday Gospel Reflection…
“Amen, I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury. For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood.”
My friend Brent — we’ll call him — used to work for a local newspaper in a small Northeastern town. He had a peculiar relationship with the paper’s editor, who always made it a point to tell people, “Pray a lot.” More…
He Will Raise Us Up 9
By Fr Edward Hopkins
The day after the election provided even more inspiration than what we read on Election Day. If Tuesday was about ‘standing up’, Wednesday’s Reading from the Liturgy of the Hours, Office of Readings, told us the way to fight.
The Honor to Fight
Judas Maccabeus took command of the resistance when his father Mattathias died: More…
To Stand and Fight 11
By Fr Edward Hopkins
I sought light from the Lord with a special intensity and focus on the day of the elections and even more the day after when the results were confirmed. The Office of Readings, a liturgical prayer of the Church, taken from Scripture, God’s living word, spoke to me and shed a bright light upon this crucial moment in a battle of cultures. More…
Trending America 9
Was Vatican II a Break from the Past? 6
The problem with asserting that Vatican II was a break from the past implies, for some people, a ruptured Magisterium.
Fr. Jean-Michel Gleize, professor of ecclesiology at the Seminary in Ecône, frames the problem in terms of a false dilemma: More…
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