The Year of Faith
The Year of Faith began last week. With the Apostolic Letter of 11 October 2011, Porta fidei, Pope Benedict XVI declared a Year of Faith to begin on 11 October 2012, on the 50th anniversary of the...
View ArticleSt. John the Baptist and Advent
St. John the Baptist and the Blessed Virgin Mary are the two most prominent figures in the readings for Mass during the season of Advent. The focus of this column will be on St. John. The gospel of St....
View ArticleThe Year of Faith: What is Faith?
We are now about three months into the “Year of Faith” as proclaimed by Pope Benedict which began on October 11 and which will conclude on the Feast of Christ the King, November 24, 2013. This is to...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Paschal Triduum
by Fr. William Sanderson, CHAO Chaplain Each year the Church celebrates the mystery of Christ from His Incarnation in the womb of the Blessed Virgin through the descent of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost....
View ArticleUnderstanding the Paschal Triduum: Part 2, The Easter Vigil
by Fr. William Sanderson, CHAO Chaplain Last month’s column focused on the liturgies of the first two days of the paschal Triduum: Holy Thursday and Good Friday. This month we will look at Holy...
View Article“Who’s Minding the Children?”
An alert home school mom recently directed my attention to an article by George Neumayr entitled “The ‘Private Idea’ of Parental Rights” which appeared April 11, 2013 in the online edition of Crisis...
View Article“Remember the Lord’s Day and Keep it Holy”
The first story of creation is told in chapter one of the Book of Genesis in a seven-day scheme and ends in chapter two. It concludes with these words, “Since on the seventh day God was finished with...
View Article“Called to Serve”
I am writing this column just prior to the annual Seminary Collection and the beginning of vocations awareness week in the Archdiocese of Omaha. It is always a fitting time to reflect on the important...
View ArticleThe Pilgrim Church and Pilgrimages
The word “pilgrim” is derived from the Latin peregrinus meaning “foreign”. It is a combination of two words “per” with the literal meaning “through” and “ager” with the literal meaning “field” or...
View ArticleThe Third Commandment: How Well Do You Know What it Really Means?
In the first story of creation in the Book of Genesis we read: “Since on the seventh day God was finished with the work He had been doing, he rested on the seventh day from all the work He had...
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