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May 24, 2017 |
Note from the Managing Editor:
Human love can be a great instructor for divine love. Things to which lovers seem normal — sharing the minutiae of the day, praising the obscure features of the beloved — suddenly seem silly when applied to an omnipotent God. Until we realize He is a God who cares. See "Our Unwearying Love Dialogue." "The Dream-Child's Progress" from David Bentley Hart is, in the words of our illustrious editor, "remarkable and utterly charming." The essay we reprint below is about the fulfilling fortuitousness of being able to use an exquisitely obscure word at the right place in the right time — and his thoughts read like universal truths. Read the Introduction for yourself. Being nice is not the same as being good — and can in fact be quite the opposite. "Adherence to truth may mean that the world may hate us and not mark us as 'nice guys'." See "The Nice Guy Syndrome." "What are we preparing our children for, if not how to face difficulty?" asks Fr. Robert McTeigue. Suffering is unavoidable in this world — "... we rob our children of the hope of Heaven if we don't prepare them to live the way of life embodied by Christ crucified." It is the triumph of the Cross that gives us hope — a theme continued in a beautiful piece on Canadian artist William Kurelek by John D. O'Brien. Kurelek's career began in struggle and rejection "that only later, through an understanding of the paschal mystery, would he come to see as a hard grace." Kurelek himself wrote, God permits suffering because He, in His omniscience, knows that the good that comes out of it in the end outweighs the evil." See "The Resurrection of William Kurelek." In "Discovering the Virtue of Chastity: A Personal Journey," Michael Cretaro writes an honest testimony about living chastity: a real struggle, especially in our current world. "My relationships may not have been physically intimate," he says, "but they shared a spiritual intimacy that was much deeper." We end, of course, with Fr. Rutler on "Understanding and not understanding." There are many things we may not understand about the Church — but we know it is a divine institution. "An architect knows where each door leads in the house he has designed, but God made the Church, and so we have to find our way around in it by the guidance of Christ who is 'the way, the truth and the life'." Here's to exploring together. - Meaghen Hale |
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Editorials of Interest: Cardinal Burke's historic call for consecration of Russia - Catholicism Pure & Simple
A Hillarian Lesson for Church Leaders - First Things
CDF Head to Canadians: Overturn Euthanasia Law - BC Catholic
Priest Stabbed During Mass at Mexico City Cathedral - NC Register
Christians, in an Epochal Shift, Are Leaving the Middle East - Get Religion
Justice Samuel Alito Gives Address at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Concursus Ceremony - Catholic Philly
A Defense of Beauty and Excellence from the Classical Tradition - Crisis Magazine
Millennials: We've Gotta Stop 'Adulting' - The Stream
Finding Time - The Catholic Thing
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Editorials of Interest Pope Francis: Worldly passions keep us from the love of Jesus - Aleteia
"What is the measure of love? The measure of love is to love without measure." Pope names five new cardinals, all from outside Italy and the Vatican - Reuters
The fact that none of the five are Italian and none hold Vatican positions underscores Francis' conviction that the Church is a global institution that should become increasingly less Italian-centric. "With our meeting we broke the silence on persecuted Christians" - La Stampa
Interview with the Patriarch of Moscow Kirill: the Havana's Summit and the new phase of relations between Catholics and Russian Orthodox. Cardinal Burke's historic call for consecration of Russia - Catholicism Pure & Simple
The full text of Cardinal Burke's Friday speech at the fourth annual Rome Life Forum, titled "The Secret of Fatima and a New Evangelization." A Hillarian Lesson for Church Leaders - First Things
The Church's unique, Christ-given structure invests great authority in bishops. And that, in turn, puts a high premium on the ability of the bishop to know his weaknesses and learn from his mistake. CDF Head to Canadians: Overturn Euthanasia Law - BC Catholic
The prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Gerhard MÜller, called Canada's turn to legalized euthanasia "tragic" but said "we shall prevail." Meet the Teens Who Work Inside the Vatican and Serve the Pope - NC Register
It's not every day you find a group of young men willing to make a three-year commitment to wake up at 6:30 a.m. every Sunday morning to pray and study in the house of the pope. Menorah exhibit in Rome underlines positive Catholic-Jewish relations - CNA
Its presence at the Vatican is just "one more sign of the collapsing of the walls between Christianity and Judaism." Priest Stabbed During Mass at Mexico City Cathedral - NC Register
Father José Miguel Machorro Alcaá, 55, was stabbed in the neck and torso on May 15; he is now in intensive care. Are Western Apologists for Islam Today's 'Useful Idiots'? - The Stream
It easy to think the same of Western liberals who defend "Marxist theory" while squirming at Communist crimes. Christians, in an Epochal Shift, Are Leaving the Middle East - Get Religion
Fueled by strife, civil war and the rise of extremist groups, the exodus deepens the dominance of Islam. Hysteria Over 'Transracialism' Article Outs The New Left As Witch Hunters - The Federalist
What is fascinating here is not the argument over whether the logic of transgenderism also justifies transracialism. Rather, it is the reaction to the article. Planned Parenthood Website Inadvertently Gets Too Honest - Daily Wire
Planned Parenthood took to their website to promote the Joss Whedon video with the headline: "Watch. Share. Slay." Justice Samuel Alito Gives Address at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Concursus Ceremony - Catholic Philly
In his address Justice Alito spoke of the freedom of religion as enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution and encroachments on that freedom today. A Defense of Beauty and Excellence from the Classical Tradition - Crisis Magazine
There are many serious problems facing moderns, but one of the most troubling — and worrying — is the loss and degradation of beauty, not just in the arts, but in society as a whole. Millennials: We've Gotta Stop 'Adulting' - The Stream
Any millennial who must say "I'm adulting" is no true adult. Finding Time - The Catholic Thing
As we go through our day, we ought constantly to be judging how important something is to our salvation. You don't have to love Jesus unconditionally (yet) - Aleteia
Selfish love might not actually be a bad place to start, since we've got to start somewhere. Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman and St. Justin Martyr, pray for us | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
