INTRODUCTION Before the Covid lockdowns, I had the privilege of being a lector for the Easter Vigil Mass at our local nursing home. The nun
“ Ye have heard that it hath been said, ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.’ But I say unto you, Love your
The witnesses of the Cross and Resurrection of Christ have handed on to the Church and to mankind a specific Gospel of suffering. The Redeemer
One definition of “love”: In religious use: the benevolence and affection of God towards an individual or towards creation; (also) the affectionate devotion due to
And if some of the branches be broken off [i.e. the Jews], and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness
“One day we will again see our animals in the eternity of Christ.” attributed to Pope Paul VI, consoling a boy who had lost his
Now, may our God be our hope. He Who made all things is better than all things. He Who made all beautiful things is more
“Human life is sacred because from its beginning it involves the creative action of God and it remains for ever in a special relationship with
Science can purify religion from error and superstition; religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Each can draw the other into a wider
As there is a multiplicity of creatures on earth, so there may be other beings, intelligent, created by God. This does not conflict with our
Be confident small immortals. You are not the only voice that all things utter, nor is there eternal silence in the places where you cannot
INTRODUCTION Does life, intelligent or not, exist anywhere other than on earth? And if such extraterrestial life be intelligent, how does Catholic teaching take it
“Bring me a worm that can comprehend a man, and then I will show you a man that can comprehend the Triune God.”—John Wesley, founder
Do not go gentle into that good night. Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the
…when I was not prey to the temptations of this world, I devoted my nights to imagining other worlds. … There is nothing better
The “doctrine of double effect” has a pleasing ring to it. It is regarded by some as the cornerstone of any sound approach to end-of-life
the lawfulness of the use of these vaccines [derived from cell lines of aborted babies] should not be misinterpreted as a declaration of the lawfulness
Be not afraid of faith: some are born with faith, some achieve faith, and some have faith thrust upon them (with apologies to William Shakespeare,Twelfth
INTRODUCTiON I am an agnostic Jewish scientist who became a Catholic in his senior years, to the horror of many colleagues, the amazement of his
I’ve wondered, since my conversion, why some found it so much harder to believe in God than in Science. When I was younger in college,
“Science can purify religion from error and superstition; religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Each can draw the other into a wider