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In the twenty-second chapter of Matthew’s Gospel, we find a Pharisee, a scholar of the law, testing Jesus by asking him the question: “‘Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?’
Here begins a series on the sacraments of the Church. We will be exploring each of the seven sacraments individually and looking at how the sacraments are usually organized into groups.
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I get lots of questions from parishioners about the wider Church’s fundraising efforts, specifically the once-a-year effort that, in the Portland Diocese, is called the Catholic Appeal.
Opening doors to Christ on a college campus
The Diocese of Portland is pleased to welcome a third priest from the Diocese of Kumbo in Cameroon.
Father, protector, worker, patron – they all describe St. Joseph, a quiet man who put his trust in God and played a key role in salvation history.
You’re helping people first and foremost by caring for the family and trying to compassionately guide them.
“It’s like being on a long, bad retreat.” That is how Father Louis Phillips, sums up this past pandemic year.
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A comment we often hear and one we ourselves so often make is how quickly time passes. However, the passage of time often depends on the perspective from which we look at it.
This final line of the Creed sums up our faith in a life that continues beyond our physical death. It’s not quite what many people would expect.
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The madness of our present age can be scary and worrisome, but I would love for us to think about it as an invitation for each and every person reading this to think about racism and Christianity.
The importance of music to liturgy should not be underestimated. The Catechism of the Catholic Church emphasizes ‘The musical tradition of the universal Church is a treasure of inestimable value, greater even than that of any other art,’ quoting Pope Paul VI’s Sacrosanctum Concilium.
November 28, 2020, was a historic day for the Catholic Church in America. On that day, Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., was created a cardinal by Pope Francis making him the first African American bishop to attain that rank.
For Dancile Nshimirimana, being a member of the Catholic Church has always been like being part of a family.
As we look at the statements in the Nicene Creed, it helps to remember that each one was formed over several decades as a result of discussion, dispute, reflection, and prayer.
Knights of Columbus in Maine and around the world are celebrating the beatification of Father Michael Joseph McGivney who founded the lay fraternal order in 1882.
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Let’s start by looking at some of the words for love that we see in the Bible. This is not an exhaustive list, but it captures the main ones.
Should I get the COVID-19 Vaccine?
“The Lord said, ‘Go.’ And I said, ‘Who? Me?’ And He said, ‘Yes, you.”
After we have spent some time professing our faith in the Triune God, the Creed moves immediately to the Church. This is no accident.
Father, protector, worker, patron – they all describe St. Joseph, a quiet man who put his trust in God and played a key role in salvation history.
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As a new year begins, we sing “Auld Lang Syne,” watch fireworks, and make resolutions. Most of these New Year’s rituals are about reviewing the past year and the desire for changes in the coming 12 months.
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“Let’s see. There’s Fran, JoAnne, Diane, Turk, and Roy.” Father Philip Clement, administator of St. Peter the Fisherman Parish in Machias, has no problem naming the regulars who attend Mass at St. Timothy Church in Welshpool.
Many Christians lack a clear concept of or a sense of a personal relationship with the Holy Spirit. In traditional art, the Father and the Son are most often portrayed in human form.
The Nicene Creed’s description of the Father is remarkably succinct: only 19 words, in our English translation, speak of our faith in the One who is the Source of all.
Having briefly glanced at the Trinity as a whole in my last article, I’ll now look at what the Creed says about the Father here.
In the last issue of Harvest, we looked at our faith in God as One and how that faith in God’s essential unity is (or ought to be) reflected in how we, as His Church, are one.
From very early in its experience, the people of Israel came to believe that the God they worshipped, the Lord, was not merely one god among many, or even the main god or the most powerful one.
Before we examine the articles of the Nicene Creed themselves, it is worth taking some time to reflect on what we are saying about them as we recite the creed, especially during Sunday Mass.
What does it mean to be a Catholic Christian? Is it something that is defined by each individual Christian, or is it something that defines me as a Christian?
There is so much that we could say about the Our Father. For this reflection, we focus on the use of the word “Father” as a name for God
Whenever one writes about prayer, one should be cautious. After all, those who presume to speak on prayer had better be ‘pray-ers’ themselves.
In the May issue of Harvest, Father Paul Plante began by stating that “of the Ten Commandments, the last two may be the least well-known and perhaps even taken for granted.
Of the Ten Commandments, the last two may be least well-known and perhaps even taken for granted.
This commandment’s meaning seems obvious: judicial witnesses are not to lie under oath to obtain the condemnation of the innocent.
Growing up, we all knew that stealing was wrong, and we understood exactly what stealing consisted of.
Fratelli tutti: a call for a rebirth of universal fraternity
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When we work with engaged couples in marriage preparation, we always ask them, what are your hopes and dreams for your marriage?
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The U.S. Catholic Catechism for Adults (USCCA) presents and interprets the Fifth Commandment – Thou shall not kill – in light of the New Covenant, in Christ, through whom all life was created, saved, and sanctified.
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I’m a young father, married to my wife, Schara, for five years now and blessed with three beautiful children.
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Do you remember the days when the stores were all closed on Sundays or your mom didn’t do laundry on Sundays because she would have to go to confession if she did?
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I may be dating myself, but when I think about the Ten Commandments, what comes to mind is an image of Charlton Heston holding two stone tablets in Cecil B. DeMille’s movie The Ten Commandments.
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“I, the LORD, am your God…You shall not have other gods besides me” (Exodus 20:2-3). Perhaps this statement brings to mind images of a golden calf or a bronze serpent with hundreds of people bowing down to these idols made of precious metals.
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“Geraldine” was the name of one of the most famous and endearing characters developed by the late comedian Flip Wilson.
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Cecile Beaulieu has been going to school for 41 years, and that’s not counting her time studying in the classroom.
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Choose life. It’s a message that three men have been working to bring to others for decades.
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“A little metal crucifix as plain as it can be, but only God in heaven knows how dear it is to me.” So begins a poem penned by a soldier more than 75 years ago
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As another liturgical year draws to a close, the Catholic Church focuses on the traditional “four last things” that await all of us on the other side of the grave: death, judgment, heaven, and hell.
