Spirituality for Today - July 2007

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Patriotism

By Rev. Mark Connolly

When you consider all the words that have been spoken about immigration to our country, it becomes very obvious to those trying to enter our country with all our faults and failings, we are one of the greatest countries in the world. Failures we have in this country, but compared..

Photo of The Most Reverend William E. Lori

A Good Shepherd

By The Most Reverend William E. Lori, S.T.D., Bishop Of Bridgeport

The church parking lot was filled to capacity. Shuttle buses were bringing participants from remote parking sites. A large number of clergy had gathered and were vesting. The church was swirling with activity as the choir, cantors, lectors, and altar servers prepared for Mass...

The American Soul

By Rev. Raymond K. Petrucci

Suppose the State Department asked you to assist in developing a program that would reflect the character of the United States through the creations of the American motion picture industry. The project is part of a wider initiative designed to provide people of other nations...

About An Oyster And A Pearl And The Presence Of God

By Rev. Richard Scheiner C.P.

Part II –Now, whichever explanation you may wish to subscribe to, there is a spiritual lesson to be learned from each. From the first explanation of how the pearl got into the oyster, we may begin to better understand that there lies within each one of us a fragment, so to speak...

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Kingdom Of God As A Personal Experience

By Msgr. Frank Wissel

From the beginning of civilization to the present, people have dreamed of and looked forward to an ideal society. The details of that hope have varied with time and place. But the overall expectation has been essentially the same. It will be a society based upon justice and...

The Eleventh Pope

Saint Anicetus

Pope Saint Anicetus (155-166) - Pope Anicetus was a Syrian from Emesa. Beside his interesting decree forbidding clerics to sport long hair (Gnostics may have had long hair), his reign was highlighted by the controversy over the date of Easter. In Asia Minor, the popular...