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The Pathway to Greatness
Father Eugene Hensell Comments Off on The Pathway to Greatness
Describing the qualities of greatness has become a growth industry, especially in the literature of leadership. Among the many attributes manifested in men and women qualifying them as great are the following: purposefulness, self-confidence, boldness, optimism, forgiveness, courage, determination, humility, self-reflection and love. This is only a sampling. Even within the long tradition of the Read More
Intimacy as a Path to God
Father Quan Tran Comments Off on Intimacy as a Path to God
When Jesus gave Mary to St. John, the beloved disciple, to be his mother, Jesus gave Mary to be the mother of all disciples, but especially priests. As her beloved sons, we are to take Mary into our home, like St. John. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI writes that when St. John took Mary into his Read More
Priestly Charity
Father Carmen Mele Comments Off on Priestly Charity
By the 1970s, when I began studies for the priesthood at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., Father Horace McKenna, SJ, had reached a saintly status in the area. He ministered to the poor, especially the homeless, from St. Aloysius Church on North Capitol Street where he served as vicar. Friends who worked Read More
Virtues of Spiritual Fatherhood
Father Carter Griffin Comments Off on Virtues of Spiritual Fatherhood
We call priests “Father” all the time. What does that title actually mean? Is it simply a symbolic label? Do priests exercise any real paternity, or is it only a kind of metaphorical “fatherhood” in carrying out their pastoral duties? Cardinal Henry Edward Manning, a 19th-century English prelate, saw in the title much more than Read More