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7 Principle of Catholic Social Teaching: 4-Preferential Option for the Poor & Vulnerable

Posted on September 16, 2023November 3, 2023 by Vanessa Crescio

“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me…” (Matthew 25:35-36) In the previous reflection on the third theme of Catholic Social Teaching, we delved in...
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Understanding Active Participation in the Liturgy: Part 2

Posted on August 8, 2023August 29, 2023 by Andrzej Zahorski

In part 1 on this series on active participation in the liturgy, I discussed the topic in a general way, covering some aspects of the concept's historical development. Active participation is one of the critical conditions necessary to make the ...
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Usury and a Christian Response to Debt

Posted on July 20, 2023August 8, 2023 by Vanessa Crescio

“And that uncleanly image of deceit Came up and thrust ashore its head and bust, But on the border did not drag its tail. The face was as the face of a just man, Its semblance outwardly was so benign, And of a serpent all th...
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7 Principles of Catholic Social Teaching: 2-Call to Family, Community, & Participation

Posted on July 12, 2023August 2, 2023 by Vanessa Crescio

“The family is the basic cell of society. It is the cradle of life and love, the place in which the individual ‘is born’ and ‘grows’” (Pope St. John Paul II, “Christifideles Laici”). In our first installment of this seven-part series on Catho...
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Understanding Active Participation in the Liturgy: Part 1

Posted on July 7, 2023July 31, 2023 by Andrzej Zahorski

Although not new, the issue of active participation in the liturgy came to the fore in deliberations and ensuing documents of the Second Vatican Council. Though six decades have passed since the Council, the concept of active participation is st...
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7 Principles of Catholic Social Teaching: 1-Life & Dignity of the Human Person

Posted on June 20, 2023July 19, 2023 by Vanessa Crescio

“The glory of God is the human person fully alive; and the glory of the human person consists in beholding God” (St. Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies, 4.20) In his October 16, 2021 address to The World Meeting of Popular Movements, Pope Fr...
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Rejoicing in the Eucharist: Controversy Becomes Celebration

Posted on June 8, 2023July 26, 2023 by Andrzej Zahorski

The Church’s teaching on Christ’s Real Presence is one of the Catholic faith’s central tenets and defines Catholic identity. It is also one of the most difficult to grasp. Even some of Jesus’ disciples were not initially ready to accept the word...
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Fear of the Lord: The Path to Perfect Love

Posted on May 25, 2023June 11, 2023 by Vanessa Crescio

“There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear” 1 John 4:18 In the first episode of the Chosen, Jesus finds Mary Magdalene in a dark and filthy bar in the Red Quarter. She demands the bartender serve her a drink, “lots of it”, an...
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Sacred Music: A Treasure of Inestimable Value

Posted on February 25, 2023March 18, 2023 by Andrzej Zahorski

Jesus Christ left us a priceless treasure in the liturgy. However, its nature and true significance often eludes us. There are some deep historical reasons for a limited understanding of the gift of liturgy, even among Catholics. That lack in kn...
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