
A Catechism for Troubled Times
BOOK PICK: Cardinal Robert Sarah’s latest book, ‘Catechism of the Spiritual Life,’ firmly grasps the Church’s responsibility to the poor, as well as her monastic tradition.
BOOK PICK: Cardinal Robert Sarah’s latest book, ‘Catechism of the Spiritual Life,’ firmly grasps the Church’s responsibility to the poor, as well as her monastic tradition.
‘We focus on how to live out the Paschal Mystery in our day-in, day-out vocation in Christ.’
COMMENTARY: The challenge articulated by St. John XXIII at the opening of the Council, to help people today to grasp Jesus as the ‘center of history and life,’ was ultimately to help them ground themselves in the Word-made-flesh on the altar.
In a new book, Jewish sociologist Ilana Horwitz documents the positive relationship between a committed Christian upbringing and grades and college outcomes.
“The ministry of consolation is a task for every baptized person, mindful of the words of Jesus: ‘I was sick and you visited me.’”
The pope urged Catholics not to become overly attached to any one form of meditative prayer, saying that “the method is a road, not a goal.”
Like Jesus was tempted by Satan in the desert, Christians must be prepared to battle evil, Pope Francis said on the First Sunday of Lent.
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