In Light of Day: A Comparative Glance at Saul Alinsky and Dorothy Day
Appeals for freedom, justice and mercy are commonplace. All seems right. We impulsively acknowledge and defend them undisputedly. But, in the spirit of modern...
Pope Benedict and Pope Pius X
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Papal Summer Residence, Castel Gandolfo
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Saint Pius the Tenth
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today I would like to reflect on my...
Twentieth Sunday: Prayer and Tradition
For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples (Is. 56: 7).
In any given region or country, a common language...
Enneagram in Spiritual Direction: Paganism, Modernism or Valuable Tool?
Abstract
Are you an “investigator” or maybe a “peacemaker’ or someone who would be known as a “helper” or “achiever?” Maybe you are the enthusiastic...
The Rocky Road from Doubt to Faith
Thanks to my Irish Catholic mother and 12 years with the good sisters of six parochial schools and four more years at the University...
The Miracle on the Vistula – An Untold Story
"...faith and prayer are forces that can influence history and that in the end prayer is more powerful than bullets and faith more powerful...
19th Sunday and Finding the Wisdom of the Cross
For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people, my kindred according...
The Strength of the Transfiguration
So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed. You do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a...
Benedict and Saint Ignatius
(Excerpt from an address given April 22, 2006 )
St Ignatius of Loyola was first and foremost a man of God who in his life...
Solomon’s Demise and Christ’s Cure
When we hear that someone was “born with a silver spoon in his mouth” we think of a man being born into much wealth...