‘Our Father’: transcending time into an eternal flow of mercy September 11, 2023By Scott P. Richert Filed Under: Commentary That priest, in giving me that particular penance that day, stirred something within me that I can only describe with the Greek word anamnesis, the act of memory, central to the Christian liturgy, that makes what we remember truly present for us again.
Synodality: Speaking freely will be the key September 10, 2023By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Synodality I prefer to wait for the synod to happen before passing final judgment on either its process or its product.
Celebrate migration as the ultimate free choice a human can make September 7, 2023By Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration The theme for this year’s World Day of Migrants and Refugees, chosen by the Holy Father, Pope Francis, is “Free to Choose Whether to Migrate or to Stay.”
Love and truth September 7, 2023By Father Matthew Buening Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Commentary We must be humble and open to new ways that express the reality of LGBT Catholics within the loving embrace of the church.
Teresa of Avila, Good Pope John and … Jimmy Buffett? September 5, 2023By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Jimmy Buffett knew how to recognize when to take action and when to relax and enjoy the life he’d been given.
Question Corner: How much should an annulment cost? September 5, 2023By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Nobody should be deterred from approaching their diocesan marriage tribunal due solely to a lack of funds.
What Mother Teresa teaches us about love September 4, 2023By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window If we don’t feed ourselves physically, spiritually, and emotionally, we will be depleted—and unable to be what we want to be—what we are called to be—for others.
A trip to the State Fair, the start of school, texting fun, and more (7 Quick Takes) September 4, 2023By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Summer isn’t complete without a trip to the Maryland State Fair. I always enjoy that one final burst of summer fun, spending money and consuming treats with reckless abandon.
Newman’s way of the fathers September 4, 2023By Mike Aquilina OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints At the heart of St. John Henry Newman’s conversion from Anglicanism to Catholicism was his study of the early Christians, the fathers of the church.
Question Corner: Sports fandom and sin, a little-known U.S. apparition September 1, 2023By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Sports It would be wrong to harbor a wish or a desire for anyone’s serious and real harm. It likely would be a sin to, for instance, hope specifically that the star player on the opposite team sustains a career-ending injury, or that some other tragedy would befall the team or its players.
Eucharistic Adoration: Doing is good; being is even better August 31, 2023By Sister Alicia Torres OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist Because I have grown to see Jesus present in the Eucharist, I am more able to see him in my brothers and sisters — especially those most broken and lost ones.
The ‘religion’ of football: Searching for the rightly ordered soul August 31, 2023By Timothy P. O'Malley OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Sports I reflect on football in American life as a full, conscious, and active participant in the annual autumn carnival.
