Dear Editor: Evil is real and a product of Original Sin. While Baptism forgives Original Sin, a person still has the free will to access the evil within. Ascribing this evil to an entity outside of oneself, like a devil, minimizes the responsibility of the individual in confronting his or her evil intentions and actions.
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Heavenly Fashion
Dear Editor: Perhaps I am becoming a bit prudish in my old age, but I just read that the Theme for the 2018 Met Gala is “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.” The article said there would be clothing on display from the Sistine Chapel and the event was meant to draw attention to the religious works at the Met.
A Christmas Story
Dear Editor: Two days before Christmas in 1973, it was cold and beginning to snow when I set out from Great Lakes, Ill., at 6 a.m. to get home to my two boys on Long Island. My sons, Tommy and Bobby, were in a foster home in Levittown because my wife had left us. I was in the Navy and hadn’t enough money to fly home. I always kept my promise to my boys and didn’t want to disappoint them.
Superstars or Saints
Dear Editor: In answer to the article on the Youth Page (Nov. 25) about the football players taking a knee to in support of “Black Lives Matter,” I would first like to ask how many of these football players have ever taken a knee to protest Planned Parenthood, and supported the yearly March for Life […]
Don’t Forget Single Life…
Dear Editor: In a recent Tablet article about vocations (Bishop’s School Visit Encourages Vocations, Nov. 18), a seventh grader who was interviewed referred to a vocation website sponsored by DeSales Media Group (www.whatsmycalling.org). The seventh grader’s comment about three vocations prompted me to visit the site, which contained links to priesthood/diaconate, religious life and married […]
Don’t Forget About the Brothers
Dear Editor: I read with interest The Tablet editorial titled, “A Radical Call” (Nov. 18). The writer certainly shows passion for the Year of Vocations. For this, I give thanks. However, I was disappointed in what I assume to be an unintentional omission in the second sentence of the first paragraph. While properly calling for […]
The Bells Are Ringing
Dear Editor: It was wonderful to see an article (Nov. 25) in The Tablet about my former parish, Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Jamaica, and the restored bell tower. There was one error where it stated that “the bells have been silent for half a century.” When I was pastor, I had the […]
More Praise for Principal
Dear Editor: It is truly wonderful that Mrs. Hanna, principal of St. Andrew Avellino Catholic Academy, is being recognized for being the amazing leader that she is. Her dedication and compassion shine through in all of the aspects of her work as an administrator, educator and role model. I am so blessed to have my […]
My Taxes Shouldn’t Kill
Dear Editor: The government is not forcing anyone to get an abortion. However, a Clinton administration guideline would have continued the practice of using my tax dollars and all Roman Catholics’ tax dollars to pay for abortions, thus making us compliant to something that goes against the Church’s beliefs. In the Bible, God commands us […]
We Are All Immigrants
Dear Editor: In response to “Bishops Thankful for Immigrants” and “The Prayer for Persecuted Christians” on Page 4, please note that all of us are immigrants with the exception of native Americans. But too often the current usage is without distinction between legal and illegal and the Church must support mainly the former who come […]