Around April of each year, we compile and post annual bibliographies for researchers in the Letters to Timothy and Titus. These lists of just-published and soon-to-be published studies aim to help researchers in the Pastorals maintain control of the secondary literature, and to give some idea ...
April 8, 2017 by Fr. Brian Mullady, OP Question: Why was baptism by John so crucial for Jesus, but not for Jesus’ followers? Answer: The baptism by John is the last in a number of rituals established by God as a part of the progressive preparation of the human race for the co ...
December 30, 2024 by Fr. James McTavish, FMVD and Dr. Lucía Aurora Herrerías, FMVD 2 Comments We are now in 2025, the Jubilee year, with the theme of “Pilgrims of hope.” For the whole of the preceding year, our prayer has been preparing us all for this moment. In 2024, we...
(and that usually means, serious to you). But it does work. There are other phrases one can use in the breath-prayer or one might pray what is called the “Chaplet of Divine Mercy” for the someone who has offended you or others. As I write this I frequently do that with respect ...
“but God has surely listened and has heard my prayer. Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me!” (Ps. 66.19–20) Telling God our grief is another way of “offering it up” everything to God. Saying “offer it up” means that our suffering ...
J. (2007). The relationship between attitude toward prayer and professional burnout among Anglican parochial clergy in England: are praying clergy healthier clergy? Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 10, 61–74. Article Google Scholar van der Ven, J. A. (1998). Education for reflective ...
Enfolded in this sublime opening to the Lord’s Prayer is God’s loving provision for and delight in each one of us; our connection to Jesus and to one another as … [Read more...] Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: human dignity, Joseph and Mary, loss, Mary, motherhood, Sorrows of...
Filed Under:ArticlesTagged With:confession,contrition,prayer,salvation,St. Francis de Sales God Isn’t Your College Professor June 30, 2019byDavid B. Wester It’s the end of another semester. Final exams need to be marked and grades need to be assigned to a group of students anxious to lea...
Pope Francis has called for 2024 to be honored as a “Year of Prayer.” What does this mean? The special character of this year is based on the year following, 2025, which is a jubilee year for the Church. The custom of the jubilee year has …[Read more...] ...