August 14, 2005 - Issue #82
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Aneel Aranha
Fr. Fio Mascarenhas
Fr. Francis Jamieson
Fr. Jack McArdle
Fr. John McCloskey
Fr. Jude Botelho
Fr. Peter deSousa
Fr. Rufus Pereira
Fr. William Saunders
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Mark Shea
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Heaven by Angus Sibley
Heaven is an unfashionable topic, even in church. In half a century of regular worship, I have hardly ever heard a preacher celebrate the joys of the hereafter. The old hymns that ecstatically envisage those joys, such as Bernard of Cluny’s “Jerusalem the Golden,” are seldom sung today. Even Christians, it seems, now give rather little attention to the world to come. One can only assume that the non-religious world gives even less. Read more


The Other Catholics - Part II
Churches of the Byzantine Rite by Kevin R. Yurkus


Come 'Ere Till I Tell You #7
Playing God by Fr. Jack McArdle


For Better Or For Worse #36
Dealing With Suffering by Fr. Peter deSousa


Sheavings #27
Between Atheism and the New Age by Mark Shea


Reflections #12
Letting Go To Jesus by Deacon Tom Frankenfield


Straight Answers #54
The Feast of the Assumption by Fr. William Saunders


Christian Music #26: Andrew Peterson
Love and Life #03: Can Lovers Fight?
Think About It #30: If Heaven Had Voice Mail!
The Pope Speaks to Youth #36: Draw Near To God
Prayer Corner #5: World Youth Day

Bible Stories #49: Jonah in the Belly of the Fish
Coloring Pages #6: Scenes from the Old Testament
Aesop's Fables #39: The Ass and the Lapdog
Questions #48: Why Isn't Everyone A Christian?
Things To Make #12: Chasing Windmills!