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SOME THOUGHTS ON JULY 4, 2015: WHAT ABOUT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM?
Posted by Bob Herz on 6/27/15
The following is from an interview in the June 28th issue of the National Catholic Register with Professor Robert George, who was elected Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom on June 11th. Here are some of the questions in the interview:
What can U.S. citizens do to actually help ... Read More »
A Prayer for Fathers on Father’s Day
Posted by Bob Herz on 6/21/15
Most Gracious Heavenly Father,
We thank you for our earthly fathers, those to whom you have entrusted the responsibility to provide loving protection of their families and guidance of their children. We thank you, also, for our priests and bishops, whose spiritual fatherhood is so vital to the faith of your people.
May ... Read More »
UNDERSTANDING THE CHURCH
Posted by Bob Herz on 6/14/15
The church has long been criticized as “too dogmatic.” Demands are constantly made that it change its 2,000-year-old teachings on marriage, family, sexuality, morality and other matters related to the truth about human beings. But even if others do not agree, the church understands that what it proclaims is revealed truth — the ... Read More »
Saintly Challenges
Posted by Bob Herz on 6/07/15
Through the canonization of four women, Pope Francis reminds each of us how to achieve holiness.
Anyone who pays attention to Pope Francis knows that he regularly emphasizes certain themes that are dear to his heart. But it’s rare when these themes converge at one event the way they did ... Read More »
Are Churches Really Failing the Poor?
Posted by Bob Herz on 5/23/15
Are Churches Really Failing the Poor?
Last week two prominent Americans — an eminent social scientist and the president of the United States — decided to answer the question: How have America’s churches failed the poor? Their answer was one deeply congenial to the progressive mind: They’ve been too ... Read More »
Mons Yennock's Mother's day Homily
Posted by Bob Herz on 5/12/15
MOTHER’S DAY 2015
I THINK THAT EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY WHO WAS WATCHING THE BALTIMORE RIOT SAW TOYA GRAHAM THE FRANTIC MOTHER WHO RAN AFTER HER SIXTEEN YEAR OLD SON TO KEEP HIM OUT OF HARM’S WAY. AT ONE POINT SHE SAID: “IS HE THE PERFECT BOY? NO, ... Read More »
Every day, Mother's Day
Posted by Bob Herz on 5/10/15
The best mothers teach us about our other mothers: the Blessed One who makes her Son our brother, and the Mystical One, into which we were baptized.
Our nation’s Mother’s Day was the worthy idea of a lady, Anna Jarvis, in West Virginia, but it took the promotion of Philadelphia’s department-store ... Read More »
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AGAIN - The Good Shepherd April 19, 201
Posted by Bob Herz on 5/03/15
I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD. THE GOOD SHEPHERD LAYS DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS SHEEP.
IN THE BOOK OF KINGS WE READ THAT KING SAUL WAS LOOKING FOR A SOLDIER TO TAKE ON THE GIANT GOLIATH WHO WAS THREATENING THE FORCES OF ISRAEL. NO ONE SHOWED UP TO VOLUNTEER ... Read More »
Niece of Martin Luther King Jr: ‘Racism Has Not Been Erased’
Posted by Bob Herz on 4/26/15
“But let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.”—Amos 5:24
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. quoted this powerful scripture in his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. He believed God’s word. He took his Bible—the one President Obama placed his hand on during his 2013 inauguration—very seriously; so ... Read More »
Physician-Assisted Suicide Will Most Threaten the Weak and Marginalized
Posted by Bob Herz on 4/19/15
Physician-assisted suicide will most threaten the weak and marginalized because of the cultural pressures and economic incentives that will drive it. The New York State Task Force on Life and the Law, established by Governor Mario Cuomo, explained in its report:
The Task Force members unanimously concluded that legalizing assisted suicide ... Read More »