We were Made for a Fullness of Love That is by its Very Nature Unitive and...
The Mass readings for today, which happens to be Respect Life Sunday, answer the questions that have been asked since the beginning: Why do we exist? What is the meaning of life?Philosophers and men...
View ArticleCommunication of the Faith is an Interactive, Collaborative Process
Effective communication of ideas is not a one-way street, it requires the active involvement of both the speaker and the listener. Even if the listener is rather silent, as opposed to engaging in a...
View ArticleBeing on Fire with Truth and Love in the New Evangelization
Again, part of the New Evangelization is finding better, that is, more effective, ways to proclaim the faith, whether it be to people in places where secularization has taken hold in traditionally...
View ArticleHer Immaculate Heart Will Triumph
Today is the 13th day of October, the day that Our Lady of Fatima made her final appearance to the humble shepherd children Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta, the day that a reported 70,000 people...
View ArticleLet Us Pray
From Adoramus Te, the blog of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church:It begins . . . with prayer. It begins as it should, as it must if it is to be fruitful, with prayer.Most appropriately, the Year of...
View ArticleSanto Subito: Answering the Call to be a Saint
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen. (Apostle's Creed)Pope Benedict...
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Living the Faith: Conscience and Election Day 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012, is election day. Part of living the faith -- everyday, in all aspects of our lives -- is the question of how to apply the truths of the faith, most especially the truths of...
View ArticleThe Church: Christ's Mystical Body
Episode Six of Fr. Robert Barron's Catholicism series --Father Barron explores the Catholic Faith’s unique understanding of the relationship of Jesus Christ and the Church and presents the reality of...
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Thanksgiving with the Holy Spirit and Bishop Loverde
This week we celebrate Thanksgiving, our nation's oldest holiday, but the parish of Blessed Sacrament got an early start with the Turkey Dinner we held last Saturday evening.On Thursday (and on Friday...
View ArticleDo You Have Room for the Lord? Do You Have Time for Him in Your Life?
Midnight Mass Homily of Pope Benedict XVISolemnity of the Nativity of the LordDear Brothers and Sisters!Again and again the beauty of this Gospel touches our hearts: a beauty that is the splendour of...
View ArticleSt. Stephen and the New Evangelization
Meditation of Pope Benedict XVIAngelus, December 26, 2012Each year, on the day after Christmas, the liturgy celebrates the feast of St. Stephen, deacon and first martyr. . . . Allowing ourselves be...
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His Holiness, Blessed John Paul II, Servant of the Servants of God, Returns...
At 10 p.m. (3 p.m. EST) on April 2, 2005, immediately after the crowd had finished praying the Rosary for Pope John Paul II, Archbishop Leonardo Sandri, substitute of the Secretariat of State, made the...
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Still Present in Our Hearts
Rosemarie passed peacefully in Las Vegas on Wednesday, April 17, in the arms of her devoted husband of 40 years, Alan, and in the presence of her seven loving children. Throughout her life, Rosemarie...
View ArticleEternal Rest Grant Unto Her, O Lord
+ GreetingIn this moment of sorrow, the Lord is in our midst and comforts us with His word: Blessed are the sorrowful; they shall be consoled.Let us pray:Loving and merciful God, we entrust our sister...
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The Santa Claus Question
Growing up, nobody ever questioned parents indulging their children in the belief in Santa Claus while at the same time fostering love for the baby Jesus at Christmas. Few, if any, thought that the two...
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