The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God (The Circumcision of Our Lord) The 45th World Day of Peace Numbers 6:22-27 Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8. 2 Galatians 4:4-7 Luke 2:16-21 This Sunday marks a solemn feast in the liturgical year, which the Church has called by several names, none of Read more
You shall not covet . . . anything that is your neighbor’s. . . . You shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor’s (Ex 20:17; Deut 5:21). I always find it a bit perplexing when I hear people argue that the Ten Commandments are foundational for American Read more
Catechism Commentary: The Ninth Commandment Julie Hanlon Rubio, St. Louis University The ninth commandment seems redundant, sexist, trivial, and maybe even impossible. Why, “Do not covet your neighbor’s wife,” when we already have the sixth commandment, “Do not commit adultery”? Why do women appear in the same list with animals and houses? What is so bad about desire? Can a person really Read more
The Nativity of the Lord – Christmas December 25, 2011 Vigil Mass: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89:4-5,16-17,27,29; Acts 13:16-17,22-25; Mt 1:1-25 or Mt 1:18-25 Mass at Midnight: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-2,2-3,11-12,13; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Mass at Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97:1,6,11-12; Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20 Mass During the Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1,2-3,3-4,5-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 or Jn 1:1-5,9-14 The Read more
The following is a guest post by Jacaranda Turvey of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Chester University, United Kingdom. She is writing a thesis on the following topic (supervised by David Clough) and can be reached at jackieturvey@tiscali.co.uk. For Germain Grisez, Christian moral behaviour – enabled by grace which perfects the virtues – is directed by practical reason towards the pursuit Read more
Anyone who follows the messages from the USCCB or Catholics in politics will likely be aware that a number of statements have come out recently regarding unemployment, justice for immigrants, the budget, and the deliberations regarding the “super committee.” These statements all remain on the level of making a moral argument concerning the Christian commitment to stand with the poor and the Read more
December 12 marked the Feast of Our Lady of Guadeloupe and 33 Hispanic and Latino Bishops around the United States took this opportunity to release a joint letter on immigration. It will surprise none of our readers that immigration is a “hot button” topic- often treated with strong political rhetoric designed to motivate fear, anger, and division. However, as the Bishops in Read more
Two weeks ago, AMR, the parent company of American Airlines filed for bankruptcy reorganization. With this move, American became the last of the legacy carriers (companies who helped pioneer American air travel and existed prior to the 1978 deregulation of the industry) to use the bankruptcy law to restructure its business to lower costs and become more competitive with its rival carriers, Read more
As this map indicates, while we speak of human rights as universal (as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948) we are not all at equal risk for having our human rights violated. Human Rights Risk Index Map 2012 From Maplecroft: An annual Human Rights Risk Atlas, analysing the extent of human rights abuses in 197countries, has revealed Read more
Ken Murray, an MD and Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at USC, informs us that non-physicians do not die like physicians. To make things better, however, we should consider doing so: Years ago, Charlie, a highly respected orthopedist and a mentor of mine, found a lump in his stomach. He had a surgeon explore the area, and the diagnosis was pancreatic Read more
Saturday Morning: 8:00 am
Saturday Vigil: 4:30 pm
Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:45 am,
12:30 pm, 5:30 pm
Saturday Vigil: 6:15pm
Sunday: 9:00am, 7:15pm
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 8:30 am
