Posts Tagged ‘Catholic Social Teaching’
The North American Passionist JPIC Office
(Last week we posted a blog on the Passionist spirituality of JPIC. This week we will offer a post on how the office of JPIC is taking shape here in North America.) It is with the lens of the social spirituality, articulated in the last blog post, that the regional and international Passionist community has taken ... Read more
29 Sunday In Ordinary Time
Readings: Is 53:10-11. Through his sufferings my servant shall justify man, and their guilt he shall bear. Heb 4:14-16. We confidently approach the throne of God’s grace where Jesus has entered — Jesus who is able to sympathize with our weakness, as he was tempted in every way that we are, without sinning. Mk 10:35-45. ... Read more
Twenty-Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Readings: Numbers 11:25-29 . Moses is pleased that the spirit of prophecy is shared with those not immediately present in the first ordination of elders. He reprimands his jealous aid Joshua. James 5:1-6 . Hard words against the wealthy who abused their workers and withheld wages. Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 . Rejoice in everyone who ... Read more
XX Sunday of Ordinary Time
Readings: Proverbs 9:1-6 Ephesians 5:15-20 John 6:51-58 Thoughts for Your Consideration: by Hugo Esparza, CP This week we are invited to attend God’s Feast. This should give us all a great sense of honor in again being reminded that God continues to call us into a mystical loving relationship with him. A relationship that will ... Read more
XIX Sunday In Ordinary Time
Readings: 1 Kings 19:4-8 Ephesians 4:30—5:2 John 6:41-51 Thoughts For Your Consideration: by Hugo Esparza, CP During one of the hardest nights of my work with taxi-drivers last year, I sat discouraged, hopeless and exhausted with my team of organizers. The group of primarily East-African and Middle-Eastern, Muslim, Cab-drivers had decided to go on strike ... Read more
Overview of “Caritas in Veritate”
Integral human development is back in the news: By Kevin Dance, CP * Pope Benedict XVI explores the challenges of integral human development today in Caritas in Veritate. He uses the occasion of the 40th year since Paul VI issued his encyclical Populorum Progressio (On the Progress of Peoples) to recall its richness and reinforces its ... Read more
XVII Sunday of Ordinary Time
Readings: 2 Kings 4:42-44 Ephesians 4:1-6 John 6:1-15 Thoughts for your consideration: by John Gonzales This week our lectionary readings are based on the great miracles performed by Elisha and Jesus where they multiply the loaves of bread to feed 100 and then 5,000 people respectively. In between these two miraculous moments we hear St. ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Catholic Social Teaching, God, God's Will, Jesus, Pragmatic, Realist, Surrender
The “Consistent Ethic of Life” within the Global Economy: Chapter 2 of Caritas In Veritate
“Charity in Truth” is the latest encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI. This encyclical continues the tradition of Catholic Social Thought by addressing the issue of the Global Economic Crisis, Development, and Poverty. Yet there is a marked difference in this social encyclical that we who are Catholics in America need to attentive to. Pope Benedict ... Read more
XVI Sunday of Ordinary Time
Readings: Jeremiah 23:1-6 Ephesians 2:13-18 Mark 6:30-34 Thoughts for your consideration: by Fr. Sebastian MacDonald, CP A current liturgical hymn that is fairly popular in church settings is GATHER US IN. It is especially appropriate at the commencement of the eucharist, since people have just arrived and taken their places in their pews or chairs. ... Read more
XV Sunday of Ordinary Time
Readings: Am 7:12-15 Eph 1:3-10 Mk 6:7-13 Thoughts for your consideration: Our environment conditions us. This was one of the best piece of advise that I received as a student, and one that I have taken quite seriously in my involvement with organizations that seek justice in oppressed communities. The environment will dictate my awareness ... Read more
Recent News & Blogs
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International Day of Non-Violence
Lectionary Reflections,Passion for Justice - September 28, 2011
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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “The Wisdom to know the Difference”
Lectionary Reflections - July 21, 2011
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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Good and Evil Wolf
Lectionary Reflections - July 14, 2011
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Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Comprehending the Incomprehensible
Lectionary Reflections - July 7, 2011
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July 4th Reflection on Religious Liberty
Passion for Justice - July 1, 2011
