[Editor's Note: This is the final part of a series on the Mass that has run in this space on alternate Thursdays. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Part 4] Food is very important in Christianity. I’m happy about that, because as an Italian, food is important to me! But even those of us who
[Editor's Note: This is the fourth of a series on the Mass that will run in this space on alternate Thursdays. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3] The Catholic Church sees the Bible, the inspired word of God, as a priceless gift, and this is reflected in the Eucharist. In fact, the first part of
Speak up for God [Editor's Note: This is the second of a two-part series. <a href="https://ci5op1l47p-staging.wpdns.site/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=23637 ” target=blank>Part One] Being a prophet has nothing necessarily to do with foretelling the future. To share in Jesus’ prophetic anointing, then, means being called to speak for the living God in our deeds and words — that is,
Last week, I addressed the question, “Can Catholics receive communion in a Protestant Church or vice versa?” In a word, the answer was “no.” Turning now to the second question: What would prohibit a Catholic from receiving Holy Communion at Mass? A Catholic must be in a state of grace to receive Holy Communion. Anyone
From Luther to Brown: The Tangled Web There isn’t terribly much difference between them. While the stories are tightly plotted, the characters are one-dimensional, the “facts” presented are preposterous and the writing is relatively banal. Both have been compared to the Doc Savage novels of days gone by, with every character black or white, good
[Editor's Note: This is the third of a series on the Mass that will run in this space on alternate Thursdays. Part 1, Part 2] First, Christ is present in the congregation. Jesus said He’s there whenever two or three are gathered in His name (Mt 18:20), and usually the Sunday Mass congregation numbers more
[Editor's Note: This is the second of a series on the Mass that will run in this space on alternate Thursdays. Part 1] The Mass is also our sacrifice in that we join our own offerings to Christ’s. First, we offer a sacrifice of praise and thanks. “Eucharist means first of all ‘thanksgiving,’” says the
This is still a country where, depending on who is in office, public policy actually embodies traditional moral principles. Religion is a respectable subject in America, much talked about in public. One way of looking at this is to say that the United States is less liberal than other nations, more wedded to “outmoded” ideas.
Contamination to the shroud could alter the accuracy of the carbon dating. Exposure to years of candle soot in the cathedral and Turin pollution, the drenching with water during the fire, and the accumulation of minuscule fragments of deteriorating ceiling frescos would give the shroud a coating which could in turn skew the carbon-dating results.
They’ve put this Scripture together with Jesus’ cry from the cross “My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me?” Plus they’ve added to the mix the Apostle’s Creed assertion that Jesus “descended into hell.” The result is a huge misunderstanding. It goes something like this. The sin of the human race called down the
[Editor's Note: This is the third of a four-part series. Part One, Part Two] No pigments, paints, dyes or stains have been found in the fibrils. X-ray fluorescence and microchemistry on the fibrils eliminate the possibility of paint being used as a method of creating the image, and ultraviolet and infrared evaluation have confirmed these
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