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Perhaps it was Anglican Bishop John A. T. Robinson who first pointed out that when the just are rewarded by Christ on Judgment Day for their practical charity toward the poor and needy, they are unanimously caught off guard:
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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11/18/11
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In his recently published book, “In Defense of Faith,” Jewish author David Brog celebrates the role that members of religious congregations have played in the history of the Western world.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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11/13/11
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Readings: Wisdom 6:12-16; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; and Matthew 25:1-13
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BY PATRICK V. REID, PH.D.
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11/3/11
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German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer is labeled pastor, martyr, prophet and spy, by Eric Metaxas, author of a new biography about the Lutheran clergyman executed by the Nazis toward the end of World War II.
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BY FATHER JAMES A. KILEY
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11/3/11
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As Mary's month of October draws to a close, two scriptural events, actually twin scriptural events, can provide a fitting meditation on Mary’s role in salvation history.
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BY FATHER JOHN A.KILEY
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10/28/11
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Although some elements of the Christian world might have lost the enthusiasm for the Blessed Virgin Mary that the early church and the medieval church treasured, Mary herself never lost sight of her important role of bearing witness to Jesus throughout salvation history.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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10/21/11
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Readings: Isaiah 45:1, 4?6 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:1?5; Matthew 22:15?21
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BY PATRICK V. REID
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10/15/11
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The Blessed Virgin Mary, honored especially during this month of October as Our Lady of the Rosary, has been integral to the Christian experience since the angel Gabriel appeared to her in Nazareth more than 2,000 years ago.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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10/15/11
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Other than the impressive changes in the Holy Week liturgy proposed by Pope Pius XII in the 1950s, the first change in the church's ritual before the Vatican Council’s dramatic adjustments was the dropping of the second Confiteor by Pope John XXIII in the early 1960s.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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10/7/11
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Just before holy Communion, priest and people alike gaze at the body and blood of Jesus Christ raised slightly aloft and testify together, “Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.”
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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9/29/11
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One portion of the Mass that Catholics will not have to thumb through their missalettes to follow this Advent is the Lamb of God.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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9/23/11
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The almost 50 years since the commencement of the second Vatican Council have witnessed a remarkable change in the activity of lay persons in the Catholic Church. And frankly, those same 50 years have observed an equally notable change in the role of clergy and religious in the Catholic Church.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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9/9/11
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Believers are well aware that the Old Testament has its familiar Books of Psalms consisting of 150 songs, hymns and works of poetry often ascribed to the musical King David but certainly derived from many sources. The Hebrew Scriptures of course have many other “psalms, hymns and spiritual songs,” as St. Paul recalled, scattered throughout the 45 books.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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9/5/11
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Two or three years ago an alert friend came across an unusual interpretation of the familiar liturgical phrase, “And with your spirit.” Older worshippers knew these words in their Latin form, “Et cum spiritu tuo.”
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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8/19/11
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Readings: Isaiah 22:15, 19-23; Romans 11:33-36; and Matthew 16:13-20
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BY PATRICK V. REID. PH.D.
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8/19/11
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For almost four decades English-speaking Catholics have been greeted at the opening of Mass with the familiar salutation: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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8/5/11
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Every American is familiar with the words of 19th century poetess Emma Lazarus mounted on the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Her memorable phrases are a portion of a longer poem entitled “The New Colossus.” Miss Lazarus wrote earnestly:
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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7/22/11
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My cousin Gail tells me that I am just like my mother: I never say "no.” And when I look back over my 45 years of priesthood I have been privileged to say "yes" many times - sometimes for a benefit and sometimes for a bother. In the back of my mind, I always felt a certain call to the priesthood.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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7/8/11
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A local interfaith group is proposing a Web-site with brief explanations of Rhode Island's various religious traditions.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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6/24/11
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Father Robert Cassidy was my first pastor at Sacred Heart Church, Pawtucket, 45 years ago. While others might use less kind words, I will write that he was very strict.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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5/26/11
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