Voices
Peter Feldmeier is the Murray/Bacik Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Toledo. He received his Ph.D. in Christian Spirituality at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. He has published widely in Christian Spirituality, comparative theology, and Buddhist-Christian Dialogue. Named the 2010 Aquinas Scholars Professor of the Year, Feldmeier has recently published "Encounters in Faith: Christianity in Interreligious Dialogue (Anselm Academic, 2011) and "The Path of Wisdom: A Christian Commentary on the Dhammapada," with Leo Lefebure (Peeters/Eerdmans), which won the Frederick Streng Award for excellence in Buddhist-Christian Studies.
The Word
John the Baptist preached repentance for the forgiveness of sins as an anticipation of the messiah Jesus himself was baptized by John as were many others Taking this as historical fact what are we to make of it According to some secular historians Jesus was a disciple of John before beginning h
FaithThe Word
Where are signs in your life? Are they not present in forgiveness freely given to you or by you?
The Word
The Third Sunday of Advent is traditionally known as Gaudete Sunday or Rejoice Sunday On the Advent wreath it is marked by the pink candle Our first two readings are filled with thoughts of joy Zephaniah commands ldquo Shout for joy O daughter Zion The Lord your God is in your midst rdq
The Word
The Book of Baruch is a beautifully poetic biblical text that takes us back to the period of the Exile a time of darkness for Israel They are a broken people far from their homeland which was ravaged by the Babylonians Just before our reading desolate Jerusalem speaks as a mother to her lost c
The Word
There is an ancient story that depicts a man entering the gates of heaven Once inside he discovers nothing but a place to sit facing a huge wall When he asks his escort St Peter for an explanation Peter says ldquo You have but entered the antechamber of paradise Paradise itself is on the ot
The Word
The church comes to the close of the liturgical year by celebrating the solemnity of Christ the King As Blessed John Paul II once reflected this solemnity is ldquo a synthesis of the entire salvific mystery rdquo The Scriptures we use are both triumphal and paradoxical In our first reading fr