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Holy Week 2015
by E. L. Core
John 15:18
Columnists
Flight Night
by Rev. Tucker Cordani
There are two kinds of stories. Someone goes on a journey. A stranger comes to town. Often these storytelling techniques occur simultaneously. For instance: years ago, the kind words of a Cuban rosary warrior named Rosemary Sharpe spurred me to begin anew my journey to the priesthood. One morning I was praying in the chapel […]
Palm/Passion Sunday
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. on Mar 28, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, MyChurchParish.com 
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.
We now come to the Sunday with a split personality. It starts with an upbeat gospel recounting Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It is a festive affair, complete with a parade route strewn with palm branches instead of ticker tape. But we quickly progress to the stark reading of Jesus’ passion, bearable only because we […]
Hebrews and the Obedience of Christ
by Rev. Tucker Cordani on Mar 21, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
by Rev. Tucker Cordani
Heb 5:7-9 Christ learned obedience and became the source of eternal salvation The Letter to the Hebrews is a singular spiritual work, one of the most unique books in the Christian Scriptures. For centuries church fathers believed Hebrews to have been written by the Apostle Paul, the great epistoleer of the New Testament, though modern […]
Unless the Grain of Wheat
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. on Mar 21, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.
All of us want the very best for those we love. But as we pursue it, we often have a rude awakening. The best turns out to be quite expensive, whether you are dealing with homes, cars, or colleges. To get it will cost much time and money, maybe even some blood, sweat, and tears. […]
When Faith Falls Out of Fashion
by Rev. Tucker Cordani on Mar 16, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice, Live in Christ, The Homosexual Agenda
by Rev. Tucker Cordani
In those days, all the princes of Judah, the priests, and the people added infidelity to infidelity, practicing all the abominations of the nations and polluting the Lord’s temple, which he consecrated in Jerusalem (2 Chr 36:14). This is what happens when faith falls out of fashion. The Israelites learned that the hard way. Is […]
If God so Loves the World, Why is There a Hell?
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. on Mar 13, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.
As the camera pans the crowd at a football game, you see a few fans holding up the sign. It simply says “John 3:16.” For years, evangelical Protestants have extolled this little bible verse as the heart of the Gospel. In their minds, if you only have a moment to tell people something about the […]
John 3:16 and Grace
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. on Mar 13, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.
As the camera pans the crowd at a football game, you see a few fans holding up the sign. It simply says “John 3:16.” For years, evangelical Protestants have extolled this little bible verse as the heart of the Gospel. In their minds, if you only have a moment to tell people something about the […]
Attacks on Scott Walker Remind of Reagan
by Dr. Paul Kengor
Two recent episodes have parallels in Reagan’s life.
The 10 Commandments and the Cleansing of the Temple
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. on Mar 06, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.
When it started, all was fresh and new. An unnamed but mighty God freed a motley crew of slaves and offered them a new way of life in a new land. Most importantly, he offered them a privileged and exclusive relationship with Himself. In the ancient world, most nations worshipped their own god and believed […]
The Sacrifice of Isaac
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. on Feb 28, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.
Everyone knows that Lent is about sacrifice. So it’s fitting that the first reading in the second Sunday of Lent recalls one of the most famous sacrifices of all time. Here’s the background. Abraham really only desires one thing–a son who will lead to descendants as numerous as the stars of the sky. The only […]
Fire on the Mountain: The Transformation of Peter
by Rev. Tucker Cordani
Lightning struck. Thunder clapped. The disciples of Jesus—Peter, James, and John—buried their heads in their arms. What is happening? What is Jesus up to now? Another manifestation of the Spirit. We already know that Jesus is God and on this night another affirmation. How could we forget? Throughout their three-year ministry with Jesus the Lord […]
Here’s the Guy Rudy Is Talking About
by Dr. Paul Kengor
Frank Marshall Davis, Communist Party No. 47544
Remembering Iwo Jima
by Dr. Paul Kengor on Feb 19, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, International Issues
by Dr. Paul Kengor
“It Was a Real Killing Field”
Lessons from the Leper
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. on Feb 14, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.
Many Catholics are confused about suffering. Some writers extol its surpassing value. But does that mean that we should look for suffering? Or, if suffering should come our way, that it would be unspiritual to seek relief from it? The story of Jesus and the leper in Mark 1:40-45 provides us with a case study […]
Sympathy for the Devil (None so Much for Job)
by Rev. Tucker Cordani on Feb 10, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
by Rev. Tucker Cordani
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL? (BUT NONE SO MUCH AS FOR JOB) Once upon a time the devil sought an audience with the Lord, which the Lord granted for he knew the devil to be a man of wealth and taste—a taste for blood. A bit of a wild child but God put up with him […]
Preach It!
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. on Feb 09, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.
The Bible is not just for Churches and Synagogues. Portions of it are read as literature, even in secular university classrooms. Invariably, when you look at the syllabus of such courses, you find Job. It’s not hard to see why. Job poignantly expresses what all human beings experience at one time or another–the feeling that […]
Authority over Demons
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. on Jan 31, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.
I’ve read many term papers in my day. Most of them are no more than a patchwork of quotes. That’s because college students are smart enough to know that they really can’t say much on their own authority–to make their case, they have to lean on the authority of others more learned than themselves. That’s […]
The Call of the First Disciples
by Rev. Tucker Cordani
Saint Paul wrote two letters to the church at Corinth in ancient Greece. According to Paul “time was running out.” God was here and now and we who believe must reconsider how we think about our faith. Let nothing take precedent over our preparation for the kingdom of God. Paul describes two forms of time: […]
Detachment from the World
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. on Jan 25, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.
Peter and Andrew were businessmen. So were their neighbors, James and John. They tried to wring a living out of the Sea of Galilee, and it probably took nearly all of the time and energy that they had. So it would have been easy to pass on the chance to hear some new prophet proclaim […]
Called and Consecrated
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. on Jan 17, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.
When I was growing up, we were urged to pray for vocations. That meant to pray for more priests and nuns. After all, they were the ones especially called by God. The rest of us had to figure out for ourselves what to do with our lives, what school to go to, who to marry, […]
The Main Rules of the Mainstream-Media Herd
by E. L. Core on Jan 10, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice, On Media, The Social Order
by E. L. Core
In case you were wondering.
The Journey of the Magi: Baby, You’re Gonna Be a Big Star Someday
by Rev. Tucker Cordani on Jan 04, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, History, MyChurchParish.com, Science
by Rev. Tucker Cordani
Now the shepherds were not the only ones who visited the Holy Family after Jesus was born. Stargazers from Arabia soon arrived. They stopped off at the fortress-palace of Herod the Great because they needed directions. Men are often too proud to admit when we’re lost but the stargazers swallowed their pride and entered the […]
