The Mother-Child Bond [Free Resource]

Posted by Christina Leblang on Sep 22, 2020 4:44:23 PM

We can look to the heavens, or the mountains, or the vast ocean and marvel at the work of our creator. The Lord reveals himself to us through his creation, and when we take a moment to stop and behold his majesty, we are in awe. But what about the pinnacle of God’s creation? What about the human person? 

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Topics: communion, pro-life, Trinity, human dignity, motherhood, science and religion, downloadable resources, Office of Life and Human Dignity

Preaching the Trinity, Part 2: Thou Shalt . . .

Posted by Leonard J. DeLorenzo on Jun 5, 2020 3:51:32 PM

In the first part of this series, I offered a “Naughty List” of preaching don’ts for Trinity Sunday. Below is the “Nice List” or “Thou Shalts” (or at least "shouldsts") for Trinity Sunday, along with some additional commentary.

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Topics: homily, liturgy, preaching, Trinity

Preaching the Trinity, Part 1: Thou Shalt Not . . .

Posted by Leonard J. DeLorenzo on Jun 4, 2020 7:03:21 PM

The most dangerous day of preaching in the liturgical year is upon us: Trinity Sunday. The perennial danger is, of course, that the homily on this day becomes an occasion for trivializing or else utterly mystifying the faith into which Christians been baptized, the Creed we profess each week, and the Sign of the Cross with which we mark ourselves over and over again. Karl Rahner memorably quipped that if we dropped the doctrine of the Trinity, most Christians would not notice the difference. The typically bizarre to banal nature of preaching on “Trinity Sunday” tends to prove the point: the Trinity is reduced to something that must be mentioned once a year, but as if extraneous rather than absolutely central to the Christian faith.

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Topics: homily, liturgy, preaching, Trinity

St. Augustine's Analogy for Understanding the Trinity

Posted by Caitlin Sica on Jul 11, 2019 10:21:28 AM

“Do you have any questions I can answer for you before your Confirmation?” This is the standard question I ask my sophomores in high school to conclude their Confirmation interview. Typically, I get a quick “Nope, I don’t think so,” or “What time is rehearsal again?” But the young man sitting before me looked up seriously, “Well, yeah, actually, one small thing—Jesus is the Son of God, right? But he’s also God? I’m just a little confused by that whole thing.” 

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Topics: doctrine, Trinity, formation, Revelation, St. Augustine

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