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Home: Core Subjects: Catholic Religion: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Catholic Religion: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Friday Abstinence - Grace MacKinnonDear Grace, I would like to know what is behind the abstinence of meat on Fridays of Lent. Being a Catholic, I was asked that question and I was unable to answer it. Please answer this in your column during Lent if possible. Read more... Friendship - Donald De MarcoOne of the most extraordinary friendships in the annals of music history is that between George Frederick Handel (1685-1759), perhaps the world's greatest composer of dramatic choral music, and Johann Matheson (1681-1764), a prolific composer in his own right. Read more... From Plight to Praise - Tim GrayIsrael’s immediate response to God’s mighty deeds was to sing a song of praise to God (cf. Ex. 15). This pattern from the Exodus, of plight to praise, characterizes the nature of Israel’s liturgical worship. Many of Israel’s sacred songs are either laments or songs of praise. But even the lament psalms anticipate praise, as the psalmist pours out his grief to the Lord so that he may be delivered and thus praise God. Read more... Fundamentals of Catholicism vol. 1: Creed and Commandments - Kenneth Baker, S.J.
Table of Contents Read more...General Absolution - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSRecently, I visited some relatives in New Jersey. At their parish, they do not have regular private confessions, but a service where everyone prays and then the priests gives absolution. I thought this was strange, but they said "general absolution" was allowed. I am not really sure what general absolution m. Is this right? Read more... George Weigel on the Church Crisis in U.S. - ZenitGeorge Weigel, author of the best-selling papal biography "Witness to Hope," has published a new book, "The Courage to Be Catholic: Crisis, Reform, and the Future of the Church" (Basic Books). Read more... Gestures at Mass - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSI have always wondered about some of the gestures I see at Mass — the making of the sign of the cross at the Gospel, bowing at the Creed and shaking hands for the sign of peace. Where do these come from? Are they required or options, since some people do not do them? Read more... Gestures of Worship: Relearning Our Ritual Language - Helen Hull HitchcockWhen our daughter Alexandra was a toddler, we attended the Methodist church with my parents one Sunday morning. She preceded us down the aisle and genuflected deeply and crossed herself before entering the pew, as she did every Sunday at church — eliciting amused smiles from the grownups. Read more... Get Ready for Catholicism 2.0 - Michael NovakGeorge (Weigel), your new book could not have come at a better time. Read more... Getting Our Stories Straight - Scott HahnIn Lord, Have Mercy, Scott Hahn explores the sacrament of reconciliation and shows why it is the key to spiritual growth, particularly in these times of intense anxiety and uncertainty. Read more... Getting to the Root of It All: Jesus’ Family Tree - Edward P. SriFor most readers of the Bible, reading a genealogy is about as exciting as reading a telephone book. Yet this is exactly how the entire New Testament begins in chapter one of Matthew’s Gospel. Read more... Give Me Sixty Seconds On the Clock Please - Carol KennedyWhen I saw the headline declaring that the Columbia crew may have had as much as one minute knowing what would happen before their ship exploded, my Catholic mind sighed with relief. But this was not the response of the writer of the article, or of the world. Read more... Give the Old Testament to the Christian People - PAUL CLAUDELThe Old Testament must be given back to Christians. Nothing is more necessary nor more urgent. Read more... Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread - Scott HahnThere’s something childlike about the turn we take with the fourth petition of the Lord’s Prayer. In the first three petitions, we prayed to God for the sake of His name, His will, His kingdom. Read more... Gloria in Excelsis Deo! - Arlene Oost-Zinner and Jeffrey TuckerWhy is Gregorian chant making a comeback? Read more... Gnosticism and the Struggle for the World's Soul - Father Alfonso AguilarAt the beginning of the third millennium three worldviews compete to conquer the minds and hearts of peoples and cultures, the world's soul: materialistic relativism, Gnosticism and Christianity. The New Evangelization demands a clear-cut separation between Gnosticism and Christianity if we want to bring every thirsty person to the Water of Life. Read more... God is in the Details - Father George William RutlerElderly people often think that some of their recollections are unimportant in the grand scheme of things. Read more... God Our Father - Kenneth Baker, S.J.In the Christian tradition, we are accustomed to call God our “Father”. Jesus himself taught us to pray, “Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.” Read more... God's Calendar - Father George RutlerChristmas celebrates the birth of the Second Person of the Holy Trinity, which is what Christmas is, though that may be beyond the grasp of many nice people gazing into the windows of Macy's and Lord & Taylor. Read more... God's Law and Our Happiness - Edward SriWhy does God give the moral law? Read more... God's ways are not our ways - Father George W. RutlerIn the forty days between the Resurrection and the Ascension, our Lord appeared to numerous individuals and to various groups, including some five hundred on one occasion, and at last to the group who witnessed his ascent to glory in a cloud of light. Read more... Going to Heaven - Grace McKinnonDear Grace, I come from a large Catholic family and some of us attend Mass every week. There are also those who never go, but they are not bad people. They are prayerful, but never attend church. What I want to know is, if they died in the state in which they are living, would they go to heaven even though they never attended church, yet lived as good people? Read more... Good Friday - Grace MacKinnonDear Grace, I have never understood why the day Jesus died a horrible, painful death on the Cross is called "Good Friday." Please tell me why we call it good. Read more... Gospel Authorship - Rev. William SaundersWith so much talk lately about the Gospels, I wonder, who wrote the Gospels and how do we know? Read more... Graciousness: a Cardinal Virtue - Donald DeMarcoGraciousness is the virtue that counts human dignity to be infinitely more important than the more conspicuous features of talent, status, or reputation. Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ... [>>] Related Categories:
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