New Oxford Notes: January-February 2012
Shameless Shepherding
Bishops in Germany have taken an embarrassingly long time to learn that: "We cannot earn money during the week with what we preach against on Sundays."
READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
Saints for a Secular Nation
Secularism could be said to be our national religion, with its own pantheon of "saints," including the newly "canonized" Steve Jobs, founder of Apple and perfecter of the glowing handheld idol.
READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
You May Also Enjoy
When do we think of marriage as a hugely important good, to be nourished and sustained with all possible conviction, energy, passion?
Composure (being "really present -- with body, mind, and soul, with attention, reverence and love") must be willed and practiced. It is "attitude necessary" at Mass.
The Church does not say that attending Mass is one of the many precepts of our faith, but that it is the first, the basic precept.