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Fr. Julius begins a multi-part letter on the role of music in our liturgy.

Last Sunday, I attended Mass with the Filipino community in Tel Aviv, Israel. It was the closest catholic parish, per Google. Eric, a fellow Ph.D. student at Notre Dame, and I took Bus 5. We alighted at the bus stop nearest the parish, walking the remaining distance to the small albeit beautiful church called Our Lady of Valor...

I like to think of myself as adventurous when it comes to food. Some of my friends can attest to the fact that I don’t have a favorite dish but enjoy any and every good food. Whereas some people might be comfortable eating only particular foods they like, I like to try out new things,  even at the same restaurants. My philosophy in this matter is that the world has so much to offer, why limit myself to only a few options? [Click to read more]

Last weekend, the universal church celebrated the Solemnity of Corpus Christi - The body and blood of Christ. This celebration marked the beginning of the parish phase of the three-year National Eucharistic Revival called for by the bishops of the United States. The bishops articulate the purpose of the Year of Parish Revival in this manner: to discern how we might “heal, form, convert, unify, and send” our parishioners through a “rekindled relationship with Jesus in the Eucharist.” [Click to read more]

We celebrate this weekend the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ. We confess our faith in the Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist. This faith has its foundation in the words of Christ, who said, “Take and eat; this is my body" (Matthew 26:26). We believe that Christ, who is God, can truly transform bread into his body because nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37). [Click to read more]

In his general audience, Pope Francis encourages us to learn from St. Therese to be zealous apostolic missionaries who share the love of God with everyone we encounter. [Click to read more]

The gifts of the Holy Spirit are not for adults alone. Children, too, are called to holiness and to participate in the mission of the Church. And for this purpose, they, too, have received the gifts of the Holy Spirit...

We celebrate this weekend the mystery of God, that God is one in three. Our faith teaches us that there is only one God, and there are three persons in God - the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We confess that these three persons are separate and distinct individuals, but united and undivided in their substance. They are all God, co-equal, co-eternal and consubstantial. What we speak of the one we must do the same of the other two. However, we must not confuse their identities or suppose that the one God appears in different modes. This would be the heresy of modalism - that is, that the one God who created the universe came in the form of Jesus and then after the ascension, came in the form of the Holy Spirit. No, the Catholic Church teaches that there are three distinct divine persons, but one God. The mystery of God is one that no one, no matter how intelligent, can completely grasp unless God reveals himself. [Click to read more]