St. Anselm went from faith and from prayer to reason in a sort of existential continuum. But there is no reason that one cannot take his proof and step up by the use of reason alone to see that it is reasonable to believe in God, and then from that threshold to take the further step further by an act of faith and prayer.
Therefore, I ask, “election, what election?” Not meaning that I do not pay attention to who is the President of America. Rather, meaning that it is not the results of an election that determine whether I have hope in the mercy of Christ.
External silence is easy. Internal silence is hard to maintain.We live in a very noisy world.
The Church has a multi-faceted identity. It is the Mystical Body of Christ because Jesus promised that he would remain united with us. He said, “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me and I in him (John 6:54). He compared our union with him as fruitful branches united to him, the True Vine (John 15:5).
We call on all Christians Monday to join in praying the Lord’s Prayer for Tuesday’s elections and for the future of our nation – especially for godly leaders who respect life in the womb, God’s plan for marriage, and religious freedom
Let us all rejoice in the Lord, as we celebrate the feast day in honor of all the Saints
The secularized celebration of Halloween reflects the waning influence of a Christian worldview in the West. However, it also presents an opportunity for Catholic Christians to do what we have always done, live like missionaries in our own culture.
On October 17, 2012, six monks appeared on the Today Show and sang the ancient yet ever new chants which open the heavens and bring them down to those of us who need the gentle rain of grace in the desert of our daily lives.Monks are always involved in the rising of the Church. They help to water the growth of the renewal it signals. Monks are prophetic seeds of the kingdom to come who always seem to be around right when we need them the most.
All of us-priests, deacons, laity and religious-must make a sincere effort in this Year of Faith to deepen our friendship with Christ as well as our knowledge of the content of the faith so that we may more effectively share this inestimable treasure with everyone we meet.
“Four virtues play a pivotal role and accordingly are called ‘cardinal’; all the others are grouped around them. They are prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance” ….
In the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Liturgy of the Hours there is a hymn that...
My soul does magnify the Lord; my spirit rejoices in in God my savior. For he has looked...
