St. Paul

The Christian Boxer

by Fr. George W. Rutler on April 10, 2013 · 0 comments

When our Lord says turn the other cheek, He speaks of a spiritual strategy to humble the self and then perhaps, to win other souls to Him.  Not all the proud are shamed by humility and it seems pretty clear…

Being Our Brother’s Keeper

by Fr. Nnamdi Moneme, OMV on August 21, 2012 · 4 comments

To say that we are living in a very violent world today is an understatement. Contemporary man acts towards his neighbor with cruelty in innumerable ways. There are the several wars and violent conflicts around the world that defy any…

Scripture Speaks: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

by Gayle Somers on August 16, 2012 · 0 comments

When Jesus told the crowd who followed Him that He had come down “from heaven,” they murmured in curiosity.  Today, He tells them something that caused quarreling to break out.  What was it?
Gospel (Read Jn 6:51-58)
As we noted…

Scripture Speaks: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

by Gayle Somers on August 9, 2012 · 0 comments

The Jews who followed Jesus after the feeding of the five thousand were looking for the Messiah—the New Moses who would again bring down bread from heaven.  When they found that Bread, they grumbled.  Why?
Gospel (Read Jn 6:41-51)
As…

Do You Have a Jonah Complex?

by Fr. Ed Broom August 7, 2012

It is couched in between two Minor Prophets, Obadiah and Micah. It is composed of only 4 chapters, with only 48 verses in total; a small book, a minor prophet but with an extremely explosive message—it is the book and…

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Post-Comfortable Christianity and the Election of 2012

by Fr. George W. Rutler August 6, 2012

Shortly before he died in Oxford in 1988, the Jesuit retreat master and raconteur, Bernard Bassett, in good spirits after a double leg amputation, told me that the great lights of his theological formation had been Ignatius Loyola and John…

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Top Ten Most Influential Saints: READER VOTES

by Stephen Beale August 1, 2012

The votes are in and here are the saints readers nominated for being the most influential of their time—the results contained quite a few surprises. Other than St. Bernard and John Paul II, discussed in separate previous posts here and…

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Just Do It

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. July 13, 2012

Everybody likes free gifts.  Advertisers know that a campaign will have much better results if there are free samples or a free gift with every purchase.  A friend of mine lived by this motto: when it’s free, take two.
But…

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Bearing Much Fruit

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. May 2, 2012

No one was more zealous than Saul.  He burned with passion to promote the Law of Moses and the traditions of his ancestors.  From Turkey to Palestine to Syria he had relentlessly pursued his quest for the glory of God.…

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Are You Blind to Your Own Goodness?

by Monsignor Dennis Clark, Ph.D. November 4, 2011

Rom 15:14-21 / Lk 16:1-8
In the very first sentence of today’s epistle, St. Paul gives us a glimpse at one of the qualities that made him such a good man and such a powerful bearer of God’s Good News.…

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