Benedict XVI and the Call to Holiness
The battle between the Holy Ghost and the Zeitgeist is made manifest in the perennial battle between traditional Church teaching and its abandonment to fads and fashion.
Results from Tag: 'universal call to holiness'
‘The Fruit of Carlo’s Faith’: How the Eucharist Can Change Souls and the World
Interview with Antonia Salzano Acutis, mother of Blessed Carlo Acutis
What’s in Play at the Synod on Synodality?
COMMENTARY: Paraphrasing Pope Benedict, there are two synods — that of the media and the actual synod itself.
3 Tasks of the Laity: Grow Holy, Build Up the Church, Sanctify the World
‘The Lord wishes to spread His kingdom also by means of the laity, namely, a kingdom of truth and life, a kingdom of holiness and grace, a kingdom of justice, love and peace.’ (Lumen Gentium, 36)
Primer for Priests: A Dominican’s Advice for Good Habits, Virtue and Sanctity That Will Edify Lay Readers, Too
BOOK PICK: ‘Alter Christus’
St. Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor, Pray For Us
SAINTS & ART: St. Francis de Sales anticipated the Second Vatican Council’s focus on the universal call to holiness, in all states of life.
Archbishop Gomez Calls for Evangelizing Response to Secular Age: ‘Holiness Has Always Been the Hidden Force in Human History’
FULL TEXT: Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles, the outgoing president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, addressed his fellow U.S. bishops on Nov. 15 at their annual fall assembly in Baltimore, underscoring: ‘What holds us together, what makes us one, is the Eucharist.’
What Does the Universal Call to Holiness Look Like Today?
COMMENTARY: Christ’s call has become domesticated and tame in order to make it conform to the modernity’s cult of bourgeois well-being.
Catholic Cartoonist Puts Down His Pen to Discern Call to Become a Norbertine Father
Pat Cross’ political and pro-life drawing gives way to community life.
How Can Stock Trading (or Any Other Job) Be a Path to Sainthood?
DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: Anyone, including a stock trader, who lives his livelihood in a Christlike way, is of incalculable worth to the Kingdom.
