In paragraphs 111 through 114, our Holy Father dwells on the mystery of the Church as the People of God engaged in the task given us by Jesus immediately before his return to the Father. Sometimes referred to as the Great Commission, Jesus instructed his disciples to baptize people of all nations in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Unfortunately,...
Those of you who follow my blog surely have noticed that the "video" blog that I had been doing on Sundays has not appeared ever since the end of Advent. Unfortunately, taping my Sunday homilies is not currently an option for me. Perhaps it will become so again at some point in the future.
Ordinary Time brings with it the continuous reading of one of the synoptic Gospels on Sundays....
Paragraphs sixty-eight through seventy of Evangelii Gaudium speak of the need to blend our culture and our faith together in order to provide a fertile field for sowing the Word of God.
I suspect that most of us, including me, grew up in a very Catholic culture. My parents introduced us to our faith through their own lives of piety and devotion. Even though I was younger than six...
Paragraphs sixty-one through sixty-seven of the Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium, are entitled "Some cultural challenges." Citing the various conferences of bishops throughout the world, the Holy Father looks at some of the issues that have weakened the influence of the Church in our secular society. The challenge that seemed to surface more than once in this section was that of...
As we move from the Christmas Season to Ordinary Time, I am hoping that I will be able to blog a little more regularly. The past few weeks have been a complicated mix of dealing with health difficulties, the demands of the season, and some really extreme weather conditions. To those of you who have expressed concern at the inactivity on the blog page, I want to thank you for that concern...