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Month: April 2021

Fourth Sunday of Easter: Hearing the Voice of the Good Shepherd

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I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep (Jn. 10:11). Today is Good Shepherd Sunday and as we continue to celebrate the Feast of Easter, we contemplate the figure of Jesus, the Good Shepherd who has risen and who laid down his life for his sheep and willingly[…]

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Fourth Sunday of Easter

Posted by | Apr 25, 2021 | |

Reading I Acts 4:8-12

Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said:
“Leaders of the people and elders:
If we are being examined today
about a good deed done to a cripple,
namely, by what means he was saved,
then all of you and all the peo…

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Let’s face it: The modern papacy is an impossible gig

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We live in a time of instant opinion, in which perspective is generally the first casualty of war. Nevertheless, here’s a bit of perspective anyone who follows Vatican news and the Catholic scene ought to try to keep in mind: The papacy, as it’s come to be understood, is an impossible gig.

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Fear Not—Follow the Voice of the Good Shepherd

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“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want…” (Psalm 23:1). Who We Are It is incredibly important that we fully know and understand who we are.We are God’s special creation. He has made each of us in His image and likeness, in freedom and lo…

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Shepherds, not Hirelings

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Fr. Paul D. Scalia: A good shepherd (a priest) protects the flock. The hireling flees. The shepherd remains and keeps watch.

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Eucharistic Coherence and the Condemnation of Sin

Posted by | Apr 25, 2021 | |

Denver’s Archbishop Samuel Aquila and Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich have disagreed over the proper reception of the Eucharist. The Pillar news site reveals that Cardinal Cupich–who has argued against withholding the Eucharist from supporters of abortion–wrote to request a “public clarification” after Archbishop Aquila, in a published essay, said: “None of us have the freedom to approach the altar of the Lord without a proper examination of conscience and proper repentance if grave sin has been committed.” Archbishop Aquila wrote a second essay to clarify–but not change–his stand.

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Eucharistic Coherence

Posted by | Apr 25, 2021 | |

The question of eucharistic coherence is not primarily about church law or appropriate discipline, but rather it is a question of love, a question of charity toward our neighbor. Archbishop Aquila wrote this essay in response to a request by another Bi…

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