When a Christian says that it is "impossible" for another Christian to obey a commandment, as a Roman Cardinal recently did, what is such an assertion but a practical denial of the power of grace and of Christ Himself?
In these fifty days of Easter, there are natural echoes of rebirth: the skyscrapers rising daily within our parish bounds, and the change of weather.
The first Psalm engraved in my memory was the 24th, which as a child I found especially cheerful.
Veils over sacred images keep our minds on the promise of Easter.
When the original and lamented Pennsylvania Station designed by McKim, Mead & White was under construction in the first decade of the last century, our parish was not in a salutary area.
Today, we remember Palm Sunday, Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem, that brief moment before he was betrayed.
"Sacred Scripture and the Church's traditional practice see in large families a sign of God's blessing and the parents' generosity." (CCC 2373)
In a recent interview with the German paper Die Zeit, Pope Francis declared, "I am a sinner and am fallible."
It's quite common these days to hear disparaging comments about Catholic dogma and doctrine.
Laetare Sunday is a relaxation from what, in our culture, are usually the not-too-rigorous rigors of this penitential season.
