Dear Editor: Thank you, Ms. Powell (Why Am I Still A Catholic?, The Tablet, Sep. 19). Your rhetoric on this subject is excellent. As members of the Church, the laity have the same potential as clergy to live the Gospel and be a light for others. We need not think of ourselves as holy in the sight of God, but if we strive to practice living the Beatitudes and Commandments, including loving our neighbor as ourselves and maintaining a humble and honest life we can continue to deepen our faith and enjoy a deep connection with the Triune God while experiencing true spiritual joy.
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Church and Media
Dear Editor: Well, Mr. Lancucki, that was quite a letter! (“An Anti-Catholic Bias.” Readers’ Forum, Sept. 26) I hope no one agrees with you regarding the media’s attention to criminal activity within the Church as a cover for Democratic politicians and the party itself.
The Conversion Experience
Dear Editor: While writing my current novel, I arrived at a crossroad when trying to describe a ‘conversion experience’ (Father Lauder’s column, Sept. 26), not from an evangelical point of view, but from a metaphysical one. The protagonist in my work experiences it in these words….’It was the presence of something deeply intimate beyond the bounds of his mortal self, like a crack in the unreachable understanding of all that is, and which rose uncalled for from within.’… Father Lonergan has clearly helped me understand the intellectual, moral, and spiritual stages of this transcendence of the human spirit.
Laudato Si’ in Brooklyn
Dear Editor: Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament and Sacred Heart Green Teams were happy to read about the initiative that Bishop DiMarzio has undertaken to develop a 100 unit affordable senior housing with solar panels, sustainable technologies, rooftop gardens, and the use of environmentally sustainable materials in our own Brooklyn Diocese.
To Know Right from Wrong
Dear Editor: People never miss a chance to throw stones at St. Peter. They constantly forget that St. Peter would have died that day with Jesus. It was Jesus who took the sword away and told Peter that is not the way. So, Peter stood as close as he could and had to deny Jesus, so he could live to carry on the work Jesus wanted him and the other Apostles to do.
Congrats to Ed Wilkinson
Dear Editor: Congratulations to Ed Wilkinson on receiving the Al O’Hagan Community Service Award at this year’s Great Irish Fair!
The Vigano Letter
Dear Editor: Thank you John Allen Jr. for trying to make “sense of McCarrick cover-up charges.”(The Tablet, front cover, Sept. 11). Sadly, your article is not convincing. True, Archbishop Vigano made several allegations in his 11-page memo. If but one or two are true – it is explosive. Did Pope Benedict ever place McCarrick in “time out.” That should be easy to prove without finding or reviewing documents. Just look at his lifestyle between the alleged time out and Pope Francis giving him a “get out of jail card.” Change? If so – guilty.
Kavanaugh’s Hearings
Dear Editor: Ed Wilkinson, in his column of Sept. 15, accuses the Catholic social justice group Network of a lack of knowledge of the proper roles of the different branches of government.
Christ and Class Warfare
Dear Editor: I was exasperated reading Mary Geraghty (Readers’ Forum, “Catholic Values, Sept. 8) reducing the life of Christ to a leftist proponent of class warfare. She calls Him a radical when He was the exact opposite, the perfect reactionary, an enemy of the very revolutions that interpret humanity as a dichotomy between the powerful and the weak.
Vatican-China Agreement
Dear Editor: The Vatican signs a deal with communist China. So the seven illicitly consecrated bishops serving in the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association would now become apostolic?