tagged articles with: faith

A cross to bear

A cross to bear

Laura Donnelly - The Telegraph - Activities el Fri, Sep 7th 2012

This week, four Christians will argue in court that they face discrimination in Britain because of their faith. Discriminated: A woman who was asked to remove her cross while working as a nurse is taking her case to the European Court of Human Rights to argue that she has suffered discrimination as a result of her faith. 

Communion on the Moon: July 20, 1969

Communion on the Moon: July 20, 1969

Eric Metaxas - Activities el Fri, Aug 31st 2012

I presume that most of us were unaware of this story.Forty-three years ago two human beings changed history by walking on the surface of the moon. But what happened before Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong exited the Lunar Module is perhaps even more amazing.

In Paradox There Is Virtue

In Paradox There Is Virtue

Ron Rolheiser, OMI - Articles el Wed, Aug 15th 2012

In religious discernment, how we recognize God's voice in our lives.? Does God speak in whispers or in thunder? Does God speak in pain or in blessing? Does God call us out of this world or more deeply into it?

 A vital link between science and theology

A vital link between science and theology

Lucetta Scaraffia -L'Osservatore Romano - Articles el Wed, Aug 8th 2012

In recent times there has been a great deal of talk about “the God particle”, mixing cosmology and religion, often with a touch of irony. This definition seems to allude to a recomposition of science with God, with a formula that seems to want to resolve the issue without problems.

Former atheist poet reveals details of her Catholic conversion

Former atheist poet reveals details of her Catholic conversion

David Kerr - CNA - Discernment el Fri, Aug 3rd 2012

  “Until two years ago, I was a really committed atheis", she says.   A 41-year-old Englishwoman, Sally Read is regarded as a rising star within the world of poetry. Her publisher describes the former psychiatric nurse as “one of a new generation of younger poets shaping the future of British poetry.”

Sally Read: Outfoxed by God

Sally Read: Outfoxed by God

Sally Read - The Tablet - Discernment el Fri, Aug 3rd 2012

For almost all of her 40 years, a Suffolk-born psychiatric nurse-turned published poet and passionate atheist felt little but contempt for Catholicism. But then, in less than a year, after a springtime epiphany she was received into the Church. This is her journey.

Chinese Government punishes Heilongjiang priests

Chinese Government punishes Heilongjiang priests

UCAnews - Harbin - Reporters el Tue, Jul 31st 2012

Reprisals against clergy who resisted illicit ordination. The Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Harbin where the illicit ordination took place on July 6. The government is exacting revenge against seven priests in Heilongjiang province who resisted the illicit episcopal ordination of Father Joseph Yue Fusheng in Harbin earlier this month, local Church sources say.

Will it be grandparents who save the faith?

Will it be grandparents who save the faith?

Greg Kandra - Articles el Sat, Jul 14th 2012

“The faith of our forefathers is hanging in the balance, especially in the western world. Grandparents have a special role to play in passing it on to their grandchildren. If we don’t act now, it may be too late, as quite often our own children have little knowledge of the faith. I truly believe that grandparents are being called at this moment in history.

Commentary to the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Commentary to the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Fr Joseph Pellegrino SJ - Homilies el Sat, Jul 7th 2012

A Prophet among Them. Many  people in our society would rather that Christ stayed in the tomb then have to listen to His confronting them with the Truth. All this leaves us with two questions: First, do I have the humility to handle the truth? And second: do I have the courage to proclaim the truth?

Doubt and the inner journey - Feast of St. Thomas

Doubt and the inner journey - Feast of St. Thomas

Jennifer Rahim - CN - Homilies el Tue, Jul 3rd 2012

Who wants to be Doubting Thomas, anyway? Yet the saint reminds us that doubt\ is integral to the human condition and is therefore an aspect of the spiritual journey we will have to engage.  He was an apostle chosen by Jesus – one of his most intimate companions. So he was very much a committed believer who made an extraordinary journey.

Young want to be heard, invited, challenged

Young want to be heard, invited, challenged

Cindy Wooden - CNS - Religious el Mon, Jun 18th 2012

Young people don't want the religious "to lower the bar, to soft-pedal the demands of the Gospel," Archbishop Tobin said. Usually, young people will consider joining a religious community only if they are asked, he said.  For many young Catholics, WYD can be the one church event where they have the time, space and camaraderie they need to start pondering the way God wants them to live their faith in the church and in the world.

On Humility and Confidence - Commentary to the Gospel of the 11th Sunday

On Humility and Confidence - Commentary to the Gospel of the 11th Sunday

José Antonio Pagola - Articles el Sun, Jun 17th 2012

Hence the Gospel can only be planted and sowed with faith. That is what Jesus wants his disciples to learn from his parables. God’s project of making a better and more humane world implies a saving and transforming power that the sower-farmer does not possess. When the Good News of God is understood by an individual or group of persons, then something starts to grow that is well beyond our own merits.

Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Fr. Josep Abella, cmf - Spirituality el Fri, Jun 15th 2012

How do we celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in this time of severe crisis which is expressed through the faces and different situations in so many places in the world?... From the anguished Heart of Mary, who saw and felt the pain of those who lived humiliated or had nothing to eat, came the "Magnificat" which, being born from a Heart full of God, is a song of hope.

Cultivating Presence to the Sacred Heart

Cultivating Presence to the Sacred Heart

Matthew Hanley - Catholic Thing - Articles el Fri, Jun 15th 2012

“Behold this Heart which has loved men so much that it has spared nothing, to the point of exhausting and consuming itself to show them its love.” That’s the deepest understanding of the Sacred Heart, whose feast we celebrate today.

Hayes Encounter of Religious

Hayes Encounter of Religious

Fr. John O'Byrne, cmf - Religious el Tue, Jun 5th 2012

A two-day Conference on "The Future of Consecrated Life in the United Kingdom and Europe" was held in the parish of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Hayes, Middlesex on Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th May. Over 200 Religious men and women from the United Kingdom and Ireland attended.