December is always a busy month as we prepare for the celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ. This busyness tends to produce more than the usual tension in our lives as the Church asks us to engage in a spiritual preparation that involves prayer and silence while the rest of the world is anything but silent. As I grow older, I find it even more difficult to balance the two...
Though it is true that this mission demands great generosity on our part, it would be wrong to see it as a heroic individual undertaking, for it is first and foremost the Lord's work, surpassing anything which we can see and understand. Jesus is the first and greatest evangelizer.[9] In every activity of evangelization, the primacy always belongs to God, who has called us to cooperate with...
Whenever I read, I am always looking for meaningful passages that would appeal to CUSANS, to people who are engaged in a daily struggle with the cross of chronic illness or disability. Paragraph six of the recent apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis is such a passage:
There are Christians whose lives seem like Lent without Easter. I realize of course that joy is not expressed the...
Let me say this once more: God never tires of forgiving us; we are the ones who tire of seeking his mercy. (Evangelii Gaudium, # 3)
When I read this statement, my first reaction was "Ouch!"
I will admit that I have become something of a papal observer since this Pope was elected. During the conclave, I became acquainted with a web site called www.romereports.com. Now I visit...