Search Results
BALTIMORE — The lives and spirituality of the Redemptorists were woven into the ordination Mass of Baltimore's new Auxiliary Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, a member of the international religious order whose founder told his confreres they should resist honors and any higher episcopal roles.
As diocesan educators begin a unique and challenging 2020-21 school year amid a continuing coronavirus pandemic with no end in sight, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge acknowledged that Jesus’ words from the Gospel “apply to all of us: ‘Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.’ ”
The University of Notre Dame announced Aug. 18 that it is suspending its in-person classes for undergraduates for two weeks after a rise in COVID-19 cases on its campus in South Bend, Indiana.
In the late spring of 1945, as World War II was drawing toward a close, a novel called “Brideshead Revisited” made its appearance in Britain; its first U.S. edition came out the following January. Whatever else might be said of it — and a great deal has been said — three-quarters of a century later this book by Evelyn Waugh remains easily the most popular Catholic-themed work of fiction in the English language.
I think it’s safe to say that people have been a little on edge lately.
A fierce storm blew through my new village last week. They say we were on the dirty side of the storm —mighty winds that peeled huge trees as if they were overripe bananas, but barely enough rain to dampen the birdbaths. In the aftermath, the garden was a tangle of leaves and twigs and some rather large appendages of stately oaks and elms. We lost power.
The feast of the Queenship of Mary is celebrated Aug. 22. The role of the queen-mother has deep Biblical roots that may be best understood in light of the kingdom of God as it is anticipated in the Old Testament.
Three women. Three Carmelites. Three lives given to God in the spirit of the great Carmelite saints before them, pledging to live forever in poverty, chastity and obedience. These three women from the Diocese of Arlington who profess their final vows this summer in three different Carmelite orders across the country have much to teach us about the joy and supernatural exuberance that flourish behind the convent walls.
In marathon running there is a phenomenon called “the wall.” Around mile 20 of running a marathon, the runner often hits the wall and feels a tremendous amount of temporary pressure to stop rather than power through for a couple of minutes.
It is a goal of mine to hike the entire section of the Appalachian Trail that passes through Virginia, the state that contains more miles of the trail than any other state. I recently invited a couple of priests and seminarians to accompany me toward fulfilling this goal by backpacking for three days and knocking out another 40 miles. On our last night, after a long and hard day of walking, we stopped to set up camp. With our heavy packs off, we went to watch the sunset from a nearby overlook. From this vantage, we could look back on all the miles we had trekked — each summit and valley, each mile of hard work. The laborious steps stretched behind us, wrapped in a new mantle of beauty as the sun set, shedding new light on our journey.
