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Requiescat in Pace: Elenor Schoen, Former Managing Editor
On April 27, 2024, Elenor Schoen, former managing editor of Homiletic & Pastoral Review, passed into eternal life. Elenor’s life was an active, fruitful one, involving many forms of service to family, community, and Church. The missions in which she took part included the work of the Archdiocese of Seattle, Fr. Robert Spitzer’s Healing […]
Homilies for June 2024
For the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi), the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Tenth Sunday, Eleventh Sunday, Twelfth Sunday, and Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, and Sts. Peter and Paul The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) – June 2, 2024 Readings: Ex 24:3–8 • Ps 116:12–13, […]
Changes to College Priestly Formation: A Defense
Belonging to a few online priest support groups, I have noticed a question gaining popularity: the value of the changes in priestly formation. The concern is focused on the perception that this change creates an additional year of formation: what took eight years now takes nine. There is the consideration of added expense as well. […]
The Exaltation of the Cross and the Restoration of Identity
The bronze serpent mounted on a pole in the Book of Numbers (21:9) is one of the Old Testament types cited by Jesus himself: “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up.” (Jn 3:14) The original figure is rather startling, and not what you […]
Are AI-Generated Homilies Suitable for the Edification and Flourishing of the Catholic Faithful?
Approach to the Subject Of late, many ethicists, computer scientists, and media experts have highlighted the emergence of data processing systems known as Generative Artificial Intelligence (Generative AI) not only because they promise a “game change” across science, culture, and business,1 but also because Generative AI may endanger humanity as whole by making our worst […]
Three Catholic Preachers: Insights from Interviews with 43 Priests
If you ask laypeople why preaching in the Catholic Church is disappointing, they’ll usually give some variation on the answer, “Well, there’s a priest shortage, so priests are really busy, so they probably don’t have much time for preaching.” That makes sense, until you consider that the priest shortage has only been around since about […]
Review of Verbum 10
INTRODUCTION By Rev. John P. Cush, STD When I published my first book, The How-to-Book of Catholic Theology (Our Sunday Visitor Press, 2020), I was asked to schedule an interview with Mr. T.L. Putnam, who ran a weekly radio program entitled “Outside the Walls.” Through this interview, I found Mr. Putnam to be a fine […]
Questions Answered – June 2024
By Rev. John P. Cush, STD, consulting with Fr. Timothy Eck What Can Chalices Be Made Of? Question: My priest uses a Waterford Crystal Chalice and Paten for the celebration of Holy Mass. Is this permitted according to the 2002 General Instruction of the Roman Missal? Answer: The 2002 General Instruction of the Roman Missal […]
Book Reviews – June 2024
The Singing-Masters: Church Fathers from Greek East and Latin West. By Aidan Nichols. Reviewed by Fr. Peter Heasley. (skip to review) Wisdom of Solomon. By Mark Giszczak. Reviewed by Fr. Vien V. Nguyen, SCJ. (skip to review) Made New: 52 Devotions for Catholic Women. By Jenna Guizar, Nell O’Leary, Brittany Calavitta, Leana Bowler, and Liz Kelly. […]
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Homilies for June 2024
For the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi), the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, the … more...
Homilies for May 2024
For the Sixth Sunday of Easter, the Solemnity of the Ascension, the Seventh Sunday of Easter, … more...
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Guilt and the Eucharist
The words of the centurion, words that we say again and again at every … more...
Mary, Our Mother of Mercy
My mother died in July 2020. I was blessed to be home from my … more...
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