Since it was first published in 1967, Anthony Wilhelm's Christ Among Us has become America's most popular guide to modern Catholicism. Perfect for both new Catholics and those returning to the faith, this classic presentation of the Catholic faith provides a thorough, up-to-date discussion of...
In the Old Testament, God “dwelled” or “pitched His tent” among the people in a variety of ways. (Note: This is the same word John uses inJohn 1:14when he says the Word, Jesus, “made his dwelling among us”). The ways God dwelled among the people was first in the Ark of ...
To allow God to do this, we need to rediscover the value of silence and spend time with him in the Word and sacraments. We need to break away from the constant flow of information. As God showed Elijah on Mt. Horeb, he was not in the great wind, the earthquake or the fire; he w...
“The swinging portion of the Catholic vote swings more than other voting segments — that’s the target-rich segment,” said Brian Burch, president of the conservative advocacy group CatholicVote.org. Burch believes Trump appeals to these voters, based on his anti-abortion policies and support...
As a Eucharistic Community we, the people of St. Clement Parish, believe the Lord is present among us and calls us to grow in His life. We commit ourselves to share that life in our love and concern for others.
Their suffering causes us great sorrow, and so we long to join them in their suffering. And our suffering causes God a sorrow that is greater than we can possibly conceive–for God is Love–, and this sorrow is visible in the life of Christ who is the Word of the Father, who is ...
The word is used widely in nonreligious ways. However, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which sums up the church's teachings, defines it as "a sign or wonder such as a healing, or control of nature, which can only be attributed to divine power." In the canonization process, a mi...
23, 2023, photo provided by the Catholic University of Santa Maria, shows the reconstruction of the face of a young woman who was found frozen and mummified near the summit of Mount Ampato in the Peruvian Andes after being sacrificed in a ritual more ...
The five sola’s (Latin word that means alone or only) are the battle cries of 16th century Reformers against the Catholic Church. Those five may be expressed in one sentence as: We are saved by grace alone [sola gratia], through faith alone [sola fide], in Christ alone [solus Christus...
Matthew. But it was customary to call bishops by the Greek word for father; hence the corresponding designation for the head of a community of monks was taken, to avoid confusion, from the Chaldaic form (abba, abbas) of the word which means "father" in the Semitic languages....