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A radio commentator made mention recently of “market religion,” an unfamiliar phrase but one that makes perfect sense.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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7/16/08
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A news item told of two homosexual partners from Israel who brought the sperm of one of them to a clinic in India, where the sperm was used to fertilize an egg taken from one woman and then implanted in the womb of another woman.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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7/3/08
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Some time ago, a friend cited a liturgical commentator who pointed out that the post-Vatican II Mass celebrated according to the new rite of Pope Paul VI is not simply a revision of the old Roman Missal, the Tridentine Mass.
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BY FATHER JOHN KILEY
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6/27/08
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In his “Milestones,” written as a cardinal, Pope Benedict XVI recalled that liturgical change was not a top priority for the council fathers as they gathered for Vatican II.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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6/19/08
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A local cable-channel preacher was adamant that the presence of Christ in the Eucharist is strictly symbolic. His argument did give the viewer pause.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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6/12/08
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An irreverent thought occurred during Pope Benedict’s welcome and inspiring trip to the United States in April.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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6/6/08
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“I pray for you every day, Father Kiley,” St. Joseph of Springfield Sister Charles Joseph Carr, who recently passed away, would remind me quite often.
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BY: FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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5/30/08
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“The Woonsocket Call” recently noted that St. Joseph Church in that city would soon be offering the old Latin Mass for worshippers who treasure fondly the solemnity of that ritual.
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BY FATHER JOHN KILEY
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5/21/08
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An Internet video features a glimpse of a testimonial banquet given by the Queen of England for the president of France.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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5/16/08
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The solemnity of Pentecost is often commemorated as the birthday of the church.
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BY FATHER JOHN KILEY
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5/9/08
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It has been proposed from time to time that Jesus never really intended to establish a church.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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5/2/08
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In this Sunday’s Gospel passage, while preparing his disciples for the Pentecost event, Jesus promises that he will send them “another advocate.”
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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4/24/08
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Readings : Acts 6:1-7
1 Peter 2:4-9
John 14:1-12
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BY PATRICK V. REID PH. D.
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4/17/08
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Perhaps the most ancient representations of Jesus Christ portray him as the Good Shepherd.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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4/17/08
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Two new books concerning Catholic New England offer compelling reading.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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4/11/08
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Pious Catholics often speak of various spiritualities — the spirituality of the priesthood, the spirituality of the religious life, the spirituality of marriage.
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BY FATHER JOHN KILEY
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4/4/08
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Herman Melville, known to most readers as the author of Moby Dick, lived much of his writing life in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
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FR. JOHN KILEY
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3/28/08
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Readings: Acts 2:42-47
1 Peter 1:3-9
John 20:19-31
During the Easter season, the church's liturgy celebrates the life-giving effect of Jesus’ resurrection on the Christian community. …
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BY PATRICK V. REID, PH. D.
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3/28/08
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Atonement for sin is a notion that pre-dates Christianity and probably even pre-dates Judaism.
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BY FATHER JOHN KILEY
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3/21/08
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The mid-century liturgical commission that revised the ceremonies for Holy Week was being subtly tongue-in-cheek or deliberately ironic when the members determined that Christ’s entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday should be described as a “triumph.”
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BY FATHER JOHN KILEY
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3/14/08
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