In May 2009, Fr Alberto Cutie, a Catholic priest from Miami, was photographed on a local beach with an unidentified woman, who turned out to be his girlfriend of two years. Fr Cutie, who is well known in the United States for his television show and best-selling book ‘Real Life, Real Love,’ was torn […]
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We are all called to the common priesthood by our Baptism, and as such we participate in the life of the Church in accordance with our individual vocations. The Sacrament of Holy Orders refers to the ministerial priesthood, that is, the ordained priesthood, made up of deacons, priests and bishops. Diaconate ordination is the
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God is love and being created in his image, we are all called to love. This we all share, despite whether we are called to marriage, religious life or the single life. God created us male and female so that we could become an image of his absolute and unfailing love (cf. CCC 1604).
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St Hilary of Poitiers Feast: January 14th Patronage: Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of the Church St Hilary was born into a noble family and became Bishop of Poitiers, hence his name. Not originally a Christian, he converted to Catholicism when he tried to find a deeper meaning to life. St Hilary fought against those denying
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‘Look Mum, look!’ cried Miss 4 animatedly, ‘there’s baby snails in the tulip!’ I rolled my eyes skyward and made a mental note to spray the garden for slugs and snails. In the meantime Miss 4 had been joined by Miss 2 and they oohed and ahhed over the ‘cute’ baby snails, campaigning to
‘Marriage is not purely a human institution despite the many variations it may have undergone through the centuries in different cultures, social structures, and spiritual attitudes… Although the dignity of this institution is not transparent everywhere with the same clarity, some sense of the greatness of the matrimonial union exists in all cultures.’ (Catechism
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The sacrament of Confirmation is the third member of the ‘sacraments of Christian initiation’, the others Baptism and the Eucharist we have dealt with in previous posts. The sacrament of Confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace (cf. CCC 1285) because through it we are bound more closely to Christ and his
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Through the four original experiences (including Original Sin) we learn something important about our bodies: Original solitude tells us that our bodies are symbolic; we have a body, like the animals, but are relational like God. The visible and invisible are united in us. Our bodies symbolise something beyond us; they point to God.
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Marriage as a lifelong covenant – Fr Tony Percy explains covenants as ‘an agreement or bond that is freely established between two parties’. When man and woman come together in the Sacrament of Marriage and consummate their bond sexually, they are entering into a covenant. They accept each other as well as freely giving
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The word Mass is from the Latin word Missa, meaning “sending forth”. And if we consider Mass in these terms it takes on a dimension that so many of us are perhaps ignorant of, or like to forget sometimes. Mass is all about communion. We are a communion of persons who unite their prayers
