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Home: Core Subjects: Catholic Religion: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Catholic Religion: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Hope that saves - Rev. Raymond J. de SouzaPope Benedict XVI yesterday released his second encyclical, Spe Salvi (Saved By Hope), continuing his emphasis on the basic truths of the Christian life. Read more... Hospitality - Donald DeMarcoHospitality, for most of us, is something that belongs to the domain of etiquette. We usually do not think of it as a moral virtue. But when hospitality is animated by a genuine concern for others and is mixed with a generous dollop of social justice, there can be little doubt not only that hospitality can be a moral virtue, but that its embodiment in human behavior can be an inspiration. Read more... How are We Saved? - JEFFREY MIRUSHow are we saved? The best way to know is to look at the teaching of the Church, which Christ instituted to safeguard the doctrine that He gave to the apostles, and which was completed through the revelation of the Holy Spirit to the apostles after Jesus’ ascension. We cannot pick and choose what we believe about faith and salvation. Read more... How Did the Stations of the Cross Begin? - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSOne of the devotions in our parish every Lent is the Stations of the Cross. Could you please tell me the origins of this devotion? Read more... How Do We Find Our Way Into the Wide World? - Pope Benedict XVIThe address of Pope Benedict XVI to the German parliament (Bundestag) the Reichstag, Berlin on September 22, 2011. Read more... How Does the Weakness of the Cross Make Us Strong? - Peter Kreeft"When I am weak, then I am strong"; "power made perfect in weakness." Such verses are often cited as key to spiritual growth, but do we really understand what they are talking about? Can anyone ever understand? Read more... How Many Times a Day May One Receive Communion? - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSHow many times can a person receive Holy Communion each day? I attended the Chrism Mass this past Holy Thursday, and then the Mass in the evening at my parish. I received Holy Communion both times. A friend, though, said that I could only receive once a day. Read more... How Should We Keep the Sabbath? - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSI was wondering if you could comment about the true meaning and implications of keeping the Sabbath in our very complex and busy modern times. Read more... How the Humble are Exalted - Father Antonin Gilbert Sertillanges, O.P.What difference do our human conditions make to God? Read more... How the Sea Can Help You Pray - Peter KreeftEveryone living today in America in or near a city has a desperate need for the three S's: silence, solitude, and slowing down — both for psychological sanity and for prayer. Read more... How to Address Church Officials - Father William SaundersAt the diocesan anniversary Mass this August, I had the pleasure of meeting Bishop Loverde. I am embarrassed to say that I was not sure how to address him — just Bishop, your eminence, or what. Read more... How to be truly happy - Father John Hardon, S.J.One of the deepest mysteries of life is that of happiness. Read more... How to Believe? - Father John Hardon, S.J.This must seem like an odd question: how are we to believe in the Real Presence? Read more... How to Explain the Importance of Praying Before the Blessed Sacrament – - Doug McManamanI’ve been teaching high school for 20 years now, and reflecting back on those years, I can say that the easiest moments in teaching, the times when students were the most quiet and well behaved, were those times when I was teaching on the Eucharist. Read more... How to Keep Your Children Catholic - Father John A. Hardon, S.J.This is surely an unusual subject for today’s conference, "How To Keep Your Children Catholic." The subject may be unusual but it is desperately important. I would like to briefly address myself to three questions, expressed in three words, Why? What? and How? Read more... How to Live in the Presence of God - Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.The Savior is described by St. Luke as telling His followers to pray continually. It is a universal duty applying to all believers. It means that we are really commanded both to pray always, and forbidden to cease doing so. What can the Holy Spirit possibly mean? Read more... How to Pray - Rev C. John McCloskeyIt's fully possible for the ordinary layperson to have an intense life of prayer, indeed even being a mystic, while at the same faithfully fulfilling their obligations in the world. Read more... How To Read Scripture Like Jesus And The Apostles - Steven KellmeyerWe don't need to be ancient language scholars in order to read Scripture as Jesus and the apostles did; we need only a good translation and an ear for the four-fold sense. Read more... How to Read the Prophets - Tim GrayWhen we think of prophets we immediately think of predictions about the future. Surely this is a part of the prophetic tradition in Scripture, as God reminds Ezekiel. However, there is much more to the meaning and message of the prophets than simply future predictions. Read more... How to Receive the Eucharist - Rev. Adrian J. Parcher, O.S.B.Often in modern liturgy, the sense of reverence, of dignity, of awe, seems to have disappeared. Read more... How to strengthen our hope in God - Father John Hardon, S.J.During my five years of teaching at a state university, I had some remarkable experiences and learned many things that would otherwise never have entered my life. Read more... Human Freedom - John F. CrosbyAny philosopher who takes man seriously as person is sure to affirm the freedom of persons. There are, of course, no lack of philosophers who deny freedom, but none of them ever makes a point of saying that human beings are persons. Personhood and freedom are inseparable. In his personalism, Pope John Paul II has much to say about freedom, just as we would expect. Read more... Humble Confidence - Rev. Jean C. J. d'ElbeéYou must believe in the love of Jesus for you. Love calls for love. How do you give Jesus love for love? Before all and above all, by your confidence in Him. Read more... Humility - Donald DeMarcoThe humble person makes a realistic assessment of who he is and puts that unillusioned judgment into practice. He does not judge himself to be smaller or larger than he really is. In so doing he avoids despair as well as pride. Consequently, the humble person enjoys the freedom to be who he is. Read more... Humor - Donald DeMarcoPope John Paul II is a living testament to the fact that holiness and humor are not mutually exclusive. There are sunny spots in the human heart which allow humor to be given and to be received. Good humor is sometimes the doctor's best medicine, and at other times, the Pope's best homily. Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ... [>>] Related Categories:
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