Note from the Assistant Managing Editor:
On Sunday, I prayed the final prayer of the Christ the King novena: "I pray that You will reign in every area of my life." We begin this week with a reflection on faith — that it must not simply be knowledge of the truth, but a personal practice. See "Getting Interested in Faith vs. Seeking Signs."
In the aftermath of the US election, we have reprinted two worthwhile pieces below. Fr. George W. Rutler's "A Populist Election and Its Aftermath" and George Weigel's "Good News, Bad News" are balanced — and hopeful. As Weigel says, "We have to hope for the good news that Mr. Trump proves himself as adept a leader as he has been a demagogue."
And if you need a break from all the media chatter, read "The Quiet Courage of Cardinal Robert Sarah," who "urges us to be mastered by a silence which liberates us from the Babel of distractions surrounding us. It is indispensable if we really want to come to know the God who would allow himself to be nailed to a tree to atone for our sins."
Our final piece is on Mother Teresa, who personifies the great lesson of the Year of Mercy, which has just come to a close: that we do not "think ourselves superior to those we serve, but recognize ourselves for who we are: one of the poor, identified with them in some way, being in some way in the same condition." Christ, have mercy on us. - Meaghen Hale |
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"Holiness does not consist in never having erred or sinned. Holiness increases the capacity for conversion, for repentance, for willingness to start again and, especially, for reconciliation and forgiveness." - Pope Benedict XVI
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Good News, Bad News - George Weigel - National Review Online
The good news is that she lost. The bad news is that he won.
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The Quiet Courage of Cardinal Robert Sarah - Samuel Gregg - Catholic World Report
In his new book, La Force du Silence, Cardinal Robert Sarah speaks with serene strength to a world consumed by self-referential chatter and to Christians who have lost their awe of God.
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Queen of Katwe - Steven D. Greydanus - National Catholic Register
There are so many reasons Queen of Katwe shouldn't even exist.
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Herbert Kappler - John Janaro - Magnificat
Herbert Kappler is perhaps best known as the villain of a dramatic World War II rescue story that is well attested historically and perhaps most memorably dramatized by Christopher Plummer in the 1983 movie The Scarlet and the Black.
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Editorials of Interest:
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Editorials of Interest
Pope Francis: We Must Practice What We Preach - NC Register
"The need to advise, admonish and teach should not make us feel superior to others, but first of all oblige us to return to ourselves to see if we are consistent with what we ask of others."
Respecting Traditional Catholics - The Catholic Thing
A newly published interview with Pope Francis by Fr. Antonio Spadaro, SJ has caused much anguish and bewilderment among a group of Catholics who prefer to attend the Tridentine Latin Mass.
Feeling excluded because of marital breakdown could be good - Mary's Advocates
The Church should welcome those who are working toward avoiding sin, but that is different than tacitly condoning, with silence, the sins that cause measurable harm to faithful spouses, children, and the whole community.
Hell: Real and Freely Chosen - Catholic Stand
As we approach the end of this liturgical year, the Church reminds us to contemplate life after death.
Is Grief a Disease? - The Atlantic
A new theory is challenging the way psychologists understand mourning.
Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman and St. Justin Martyr, pray for us |
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