The readings presented to us at Mass during this time of year take on much more of an eschatological urgency, drawing our attention away from the things of this world to what 20th-century Protestant theologian Paul Tillich described as the “area of ultimate concern,” namely God and the things of God.
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The Fall of the Wall — 30 Years Later
This week marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the event that symbolically signaled the end of communism. Between 1917 and 1989, a third of the world’s population lived at some point under a regime that in 72 years produced 100 million deaths, an efficient mass surveillance state apparatus, an all-powerful propaganda system and not much more.
Diocesan Assignments: October 26, 2019
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Rev. John Tino, to pastor of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr, Ozone Park, while remaining administrator of St. Benedict Joseph Labre, Richmond Hill, effective Oct. 1.
The ‘Winners’ Of God’s Mercy
by Father Jean-Pierre Ruiz
As I write these words, Major League Baseball’s postseason is in full swing, so to speak.
It’s Time Priests Receive Good Press
In a standing room only crowd at the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Church in Ozone Park, more than a thousand people came together with one common goal: to say thank you to Father Paul Palmiotto. I had the honor of attending the Mass on Sept. 29 to celebrate the life and priesthood of an incredible man who was retiring from the priesthood due to an illness that has limited his ability to speak.
A Dismaying Start To Presidential Campaign
The presidential campaign hasn’t even officially begun, and yet there is already reason to be concerned about some of the ideas being recommended by some candidates.
The Promises Of Our Lady
by Father Ronan Murphy
Sister Lucia dos Santos said that “the Most Holy Virgin in these last times in which we live has given a new efficacy to the recitation of the rosary.” Our Lady requested at Fatima that we pray the rosary every day for peace. Father Patrick Peyton, the famous rosary priest, once said, “A world at prayer, especially the rosary, is a world at peace.” St. John Paul II in his apostolic letter, “Rosarium Virginis Mariae,” called for a revival of the rosary imploring from God the gift of peace, telling us “that the rosary is by its very nature a prayer for peace.”
Ignorance of Scripture Is Ignorance of Christ
by Father Jean-Pierre Ruiz
This Sunday’s second reading comes from St. Paul’s second letter to his disciple Timothy. Here we see the beginnings of the apostolic tradition, for Paul is concerned with faithfully preserving and handing on what he himself received, namely, the saving words and deeds of Jesus as first witnessed by those who were blessed to hear the Good News with their own ears and to see with their own eyes the life-giving works of God’s Word-made-Flesh. Paul urges Timothy, “Remain faithful to what you have learned and believed, because you know from whom you learned it, and that from infancy you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are capable of giving you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.”
Evangelizers in Our Midst
In one of His appearances to the disciples after the Resurrection, Christ said to them, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:19-20).
Sister Kathleen Early, G.N.S.H.
Sister Kathleen Early, G.N.S.H., (formerly Sister Mary Rose), 94, a member of the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart for 73 years who taught in the Diocese of Brooklyn, died Oct. 9 at St. Joseph’s Manor in Meadowbrook, Pa.