The title got your attention did it not What if I had titled it The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity In the May 25 2009 issue of America Edward Foley O F M Cap wrote on the homily and its relationship to the lectionary readings of the day He argues that it is not always necessary to pr

A colleague of mine regularly gives students in her Christian Belief Ancient and Modern course a question on the role of the Holy Spirit The lead in to the question is a headline from The Onion America rsquo s Finest News Source February 26 2003 ldquo God Quietly Phasing Holy Ghost Out Of Tri

The transfiguration of Jesus already spoke of the glory of Jesus in this story the showing of Jesus rsquo glory we recall that glory is a characteristic of kingship means to underline what in the hours of Jesus rsquo trial and death seemed an impossible outcome of crucifixion To put his deat

It is necessary as Fr Schineller S J points out in his recent post that the Ascension be seen as God rsquo s nbsp ldquo act of faith in us rdquo not a time to be gazing skyward or backward St Augustine gets to the ground of this reality in The City of God Book XVIII Chapter 53 when he s

Some years ago I asked one of my students nbsp a religious sister what she would say if she were to preach on the feast of the Ascension Without a second rsquo s hesitation she replied ldquo The Ascension is God rsquo s act of faith in us rdquo nbsp Yes nbsp God the Father entrusts to u

In the first reading from Acts of the Apostles Peter mdash interpreting his experience with Gentile Cornelius and the extraordinary vision of the sheet of unclean animals mdash announces ldquo Truly I see that God shows no partiality nbsp Rather in every nation whoever fears God and acts uprigh