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Who Would Choose This?

Published June 21, 2017 • Written by Norine Shaivitz Filed Under: Blog

I lay in bed, but the room continued to spin. I shut my eyes and stayed as still as I could. I was a prisoner of my illness, unable to leave the bed, the room or the house unless someone else came to help me. I thought of Jesus, laying in a ciborium, locked in… [Read More]

Written by Norine Shaivitz • Published June 21, 2017

Would You Walk Away?

Published December 7, 2016 • Written by Norine Shaivitz Filed Under: Blog

The woman serving as extraordinary minister reached into the ciborium and grabbed a host. At that moment, something white seemed to fly out. We both saw it. It flew off, falling to my left, her right. We looked at each other. “Body of Christ,” she said. “Amen,” I said, and I received on my tongue… [Read More]

Written by Norine Shaivitz • Published December 7, 2016

The Song and the Priesthood

Published October 13, 2016 • Written by William Rooney Filed Under: ACNM, Blog

Recently, thanks to my Old Testament Writings class, I have spent a lot of time reading, meditating on, and writing about the Song of Songs. It is a marvelous book which I highly encourage you to read. In some ways, the Song is a remarkable book to find in the Bible. The Making very little… [Read More]

Written by William Rooney • Published October 13, 2016

You are gods (Jn 10:34)

Published July 23, 2016 • Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez Filed Under: Faith

Jesus says, “You are gods.” (Jn. 10:34) How is this possible? At baptism, we become “partakers of the divine nature,” (CCC 1265 or 2Pt.1:4) or as St. Athanasius states that we are, “becoming by grace what God is by nature.” The Catechism quotes St. Athanasius to explain this teaching, “For the Son of God became… [Read More]

Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez • Published July 23, 2016

Popular Misconceptions About the Catholic Mass, Part III: Communion Reception

Published May 13, 2016 • Written by Michael Raia Filed Under: Faith

“The concept that communion in the hand is the only or preferred form of reception for Catholics since Vatican II is mistaken.” Also in this series: Popular Misconceptions about the Catholic Mass Part I: Music Popular Misconceptions about the Catholic Mass Part II: Ad Orientem With this third and final piece in our series on… [Read More]

Written by Michael Raia • Published May 13, 2016

Liturgy and Culture: A Review of Ratzinger’s “Spirit of the Liturgy”

Published November 11, 2015 • Written by William Rooney Filed Under: Column

Pope Benedict XVI, as Cardinal Ratzinger, wrote a magnificent book called  The Spirit of the Liturgy which I had the opportunity to read, think, and write about  for one of my classes here at the seminary. He has a great insight into the Liturgy’s meaning and its centrality to the world in which we live…. [Read More]

Written by William Rooney • Published November 11, 2015

The Soul’s Movement at the Moment of Communion

Published October 5, 2013 • Written by Josue Filed Under: Blog, Faith

Consider this article as a monologue or an interior thought, as if someone was thinking out loud and searching for an answer within themselves. At some points, I address the soul as “her,” instead of “it.” I do this partly because St. John of the Cross uses that kind of language in his writings. It… [Read More]

Written by Josue • Published October 5, 2013

Short Meditation on Saints

Published September 25, 2013 • Written by Henry Cuellar Filed Under: Faith

The other evening I watched the biographical movie of Saint Hildegard of Bingen.  As I sat there and watched this very beautifully made movie about the inspiring life of this very wise and holy Saint, I began to think how by today’s standards all the Saints that had heavenly visions, the mystics, would be considered… [Read More]

Written by Henry Cuellar • Published September 25, 2013

Our Good Friend, St. Philomena

Published July 23, 2013 • Written by Shawn Rain Chapman Filed Under: Family

  Once upon a time in Rome, during the reign of the Emperor Diocletian (in the third century), a young girl gave her life in witness to Christ under harrowing circumstances hard to imagine. She did this in spite of frightened parents, repeated and successively more cruel tortures, threats and even persuasive words and temptations… [Read More]

Written by Shawn Rain Chapman • Published July 23, 2013

Second Pew, Choir Side

Published March 6, 2013 • Written by Lauren Gulde Filed Under: ACNM, Blog, Faith, Young Adult, Youth

I can point to the pew I sat in the first time I went to Mass at St. Mary’s in College Station. It was my first week as a freshman at Texas A&M. I had only been to Mass a few times before in my life. A Christmas with my grandmother as a small child,… [Read More]

Written by Lauren Gulde • Published March 6, 2013

Beauty of Truth Podcast – Ep 6 Why would Jesus become bread and wine?

Published August 28, 2012 • Written by Beauty Of Truth Podcast Filed Under: Beauty of Truth Podcast

Ep 6 Why would Jesus become bread and wine?    Questions How can an infinite God become bread? Why would it look, smell, taste, and even have the same nutritional value of bread if has changed? It sounds cannibalistic, why would a loving God do this?   Catechetical Moment CCC # 1324 Living the Truth How… [Read More]

Written by Beauty Of Truth Podcast • Published August 28, 2012

Beauty of Truth Podcast – Ep 4 Why are the saints important?

Published August 15, 2012 • Written by Beauty Of Truth Podcast Filed Under: Beauty of Truth Podcast

Ep 4 Why are the saints important?    Questions What is a saint? Do Catholics worship them? If they all point to Jesus, then why pay any attention to them now that they’re dead? Catechetical Moment CCC #828 Living the Truth Can I really become a saint? Hosted by Casey Truelove and Cristobal Almanza Feedback Line Number: (512)… [Read More]

Written by Beauty Of Truth Podcast • Published August 15, 2012

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