The Good Word

There rsquo s something wrong or at least not quite right about Corpus Christi the medieval feast established by Pope Urban IV in 1263 Like Trinity Sunday and the American holiday of Thanksgiving it involves an ignorance about Eucharist in the ancient Church What rsquo s wrong with Trinity

Watershed moments are seldom recognized as such at the moment they occur nbsp Usually it takes time to discern which way the water is flowing nbsp I didn rsquo t realize that my young life had reached such a moment with the arrival of my fourth grade teacher nbsp ldquo I am Sister Digna a Si

Today the church brings to a close the annual celebration of the Lenten and Easter seasons Beginning with Ash Wednesday and ending with today rsquo s feast of Pentecost the Catholic community has reflected and celebrated the great moments in the life of Jesus that point to him as our redeemer and

Even the earliest Christians realized that we live in two realms mdash one secular another sacred mdash and that neither can easily be separated from the other Often they are opposed but sometimes one can profitably learn from the other This year the Solemnity of Pentecost coincides with the

As you know the liturgical year follows the chronological development of the church Every year we find ourselves in a place between the Ascension and Pentecost In the Feast of the Ascension we find that Jesus mdash who came into the world to reveal who the Father really is mdash was unsuccessful

America its citizens boast has always been a religious nation New York Times columnist Ross Douthat would agree noting that even now interest in Christianity is far from dormant in America not with people like Joel Osteen Glen Beck and Oprah Winfrey growing rich preaching their respective go

One early summer evening shortly after the end of the school term my Dad rather solemnly mdash so it seemed to me mdash took the training wheels off my bike Then while he mowed the lawn my Mom and I slowly walked my two-wheeled test to the school playground at the end of our block I was go

For 30 years I have been on college campuses during exam week I know there are students in this congregation who are preparing for exams mdash over preparing or under preparing There are graduating seniors and folks who may not becoming back to Fordham and I know the emotions that accompany that

Robert Bolt rsquo s play about the martyrdom of Saint Thomas More A Man for All Seasons has seen a lot of them come and go since its premiere in 1960 perhaps because so much of its dialogue is worth the remembering Consider this scene Richard Rich the man who will betray him has just left Mor