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Reconsidering Church Teaching on Birth Control
Friday, Feb. 19, 2021
Pastor emeritus of St. Vincent de Paul Parish
In 1968, Pope Paul VI issued a major document rejecting artificial birth control titled Humanae Vitae (“On Human Life”), thereby creating a virtual firestorm in the Catholic Church. Most Catholics (including priests) rejected the document outright. (It is said that Paul VI never recovered from the onslaught of criticism he received after issuing Humanae Vitae).
Church teaching on artificial birth control continues to be rejected today by a great majority of Catholics. The matter is very rarely mentioned in Confession, and priests (including myself) are very shy of ever mentioning it in homilies.
Celebrating Mary, Mother of God
Friday, Jan. 08, 2021
Pastor emeritus of St. Vincent de Paul Parish
On New Year’s Day, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. We can easily let this feast day slip by, but in truth it has profound meaning; the different solemnities and feasts of Mary always set before the Church very important truths about the Christian vocation to discipleship.
That is why the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of Vatican II declared that in Mary the Church “joyfully contemplates, as in a faultless image, that which she herself desires and hopes wholly to be.”
Seasons of Charitable Giving
Pastor emeritus of St. Vincent de Paul Parish
The seasons of Advent and Christmas have forever been associated with charity, special acts of generosity and attention to the poor and the underprivileged.
We might well ask about the connection between these expressions of charity and the Advent season that culminates in Christmas. Can we identify the underlying impetus that drives concern for generosity toward the poor at this time of year?
Some time ago, I came across an advertisement in a newspaper seeking volunteers that read, “Feeling good helping the poor.” In truth, believers are properly inspired to concern for others not because it makes them feel good but because Christ’s self-sacrifice – into which we are baptized – requires of us a fundamental orientation toward neighbor. Christian charity and justice are founded in the outlook and behavior of Jesus himself.
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