Homily

Around this time Bernard authored his first book called De Gradibus Superbiae et Humilitatis, and a few homilies which are commentaries on scripture. After this some monks from another abbey didn’t like it that Bernard’s religion was taking a lead role over the Roman Catholic church, so they attempted to make it seem like the rules of his new Order was impracticable…

Question 1- While traditional theology focused on invigorating faith, liberation theology is intended to promote social justice for marginalized populations and improve the community. In traditional theology, those mainly involved were scholars with academic qualifications who sought abstract and philosophical ideas regarding their faith. By contrast, liberation theology is inclusive of everyone, and all are able to contribute within their own capacity. Rather than allowing select individuals…

The millennial generation is one that began in the 1980s with the first of millennials reaching young adulthood around the year 2000. Although Millennials are said to be more open minded, confident, and accepting they are also commonly described as self-absorbed, unrealistic and materialistic, lazy individuals who lead unstable lives and tend to jump from job to job. In “Clichés, Anyone?”, published on May 8th, 1998 in The Boston Globe, James Isaacs essentially writes a piece that mocks the…

I chose the quote “When we have mass we ought to go out the way Moses descended Mount Sinai: with his face shining, with his heart brave and strong to face the world’s difficulties”(Sunday Homily, June 17, 1979). This is showing that we should use the Eucharist to get through life’s difficulties. We should try to be as close to God as possible even in very tough moments. This is what Oscar Romero did for his entire life. He used the Eucharist and its characteristics as a guide to do what God…

interpretation speculates that Christians, who live on the earth apart from their heavenly home, have become the new Israel while being connected to the twelve apostles (Powell, 450). e. Exigence (why was it written) – The epistle of James serves more as a homily than an actual letter intended for early Christians offering advice or counsel on an assortment of topics (Powell, 446). Many early Christians, whether Jewish or Gentile, may have been driven into the Dispersion resulting from…

The Renaissance would be the product of a number of causes which spurred an end to the toleration of the Roman Catholic Church in the 1520s. As a result, Europe would experience some of its biggest and bloodiest conflicts in history until the 1900s. During the 15th and early 16th centuries--before the Reformation would begin--the development of humanism into the European world, as well as the rediscovery of ancient Greek Classics--especially after the 1453 sack of Constantinople--would cause…

Carnations and Circumvention Flowers have long been a symbol for love, adoration, sex, and beauty. In Willa Cather’s short story “Paul’s Case” flowers are used to represent something else entirely. The ever-fleeting and defiant nature of the main character is likened to flowers many times throughout the story. On the surface it might have seemed like Paul, the main character, had a simple fascination with flowers because of their beauty; however, the relationship goes much deeper than aesthetics…

Several issues were important in the life of the Catholic Church in the twentieth century that continue to impact today’s Church. Two of them were the Second Vatican Council as a whole and the scandal of sexual abuse by priests. However, I consider that the most significant event in this period of time was the whole new approach to Christian unity and interreligious dialogue by the Church in Vatican II. This new approach impacted the practice of the Catholic faith, continues to influence the…

Feminism has gained a new definition a new understanding of female roles since the Elizabethan Era. Hamlet, a play written by William Shakespeare, is about a young prince, Hamlet, being visited by his father’s apparition urging him to avenge his death by murdering Prince Hamlet’s uncle, Claudius. All the while, Hamlet is enraged by his mother’s hasty marriage to Claudius and is showering his supposed love, Ophelia, with gifts and words of affection. Queen Gertrude and Ophelia are blindly…

be taken in these offices is not ‘I’m in charge here! What I want must be done.’ You are only a human being, God’s servant. You must be at the Lord’s beck and call to serve the people according to God’s will and not according to your whim.” (Sunday homily, September 23, 1979). This quote expresses that we are all God’s servant, and we should always do what he would want us to do for his people, and not what we would want for ourselves. I agree with this idea, because there are many instances…