OSV Newsweekly
Coming in June: Worldwide Solemn Eucharistic Adoration
What a wonderful way to show our faith in Christ during this Year of Faith!
June 2, 2013, the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, is the date for a worldwide hour of Eucharistic Adoration.
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By Carl E. Olson
“Spirit and fire are united — a true miracle, air and fire are joined together — awesome sight!”
So wrote the sixth-century Church Father, St. Romanus the Melodist, in a kontakion, or hymn, celebrating Pentecost. In another verse, he wrote, “Do you, then, dearly beloved, stand and simply observe the fire, which the One who is in heaven has sent from on high.”
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New life brings healing after tragedy
By Jennifer Rey
Marina and Kevin Krim lost two of their children, 2-year-old Leo and 6-year-old Lulu, last October. They were allegedly killed by their nanny. Amid their grief, the Krims recently announced that they are expecting a baby, reports ABC News.
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The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty. — Psalm 93:1
Mass Readings: Sirach 1:1-10/Mark 9:14-29
Help My Unbelief!
Theologically, doubt and unbelief are poles apart. Unbelief says I won’t believe because I don’t want to; doubt says I can’t believe although I want to. Unbelievers don’t doubt God — they simply leave God out of the equation altogether. But believers who take their faith seriously frequently struggle with doubt — like Job, Thomas, and in modern times, even people like Blessed Mother Teresa, who once wrote in a letter, “In my soul I feel just that terrible pain of loss, of God not wanting me, of God not being God.”
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Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth. — Psalm 104 (cf. 30)
Mass Readings: Acts 2:1-11/1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Romans 8:8-17/John 20:19-23 or John 14:15-16, 23b-26
Babel Redeemed
On the Jewish Feast of Pentecost, Jews (and some Gentile converts) had gathered at Jerusalem from various parts of the Roman Empire to worship God. Hebrew was the language of the Jews, Latin the official language of the Empire, and Greek the lingua franca (commonly-used language). Yet, when the Holy Spirit empowered the disciples to preach and praise God, it wasn’t in Hebrew, Latin or Greek, but in the native languages of each of the people gathered in the city that day.
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The just will gaze on your face, O Lord. — Psalm 11 (see 7)
Mass Readings: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31/John 21:20-25
Minding Our Business
Whether it’s a question of privileges or punishments, kids frequently want to know what will happen to a sibling: “How come he doesn’t have to go to bed?” “Is she grounded, too?” Today’s Gospel describes Peter’s response to Jesus’ warning about the kind of fate that would befall Peter (Jn 21:18-19), who promptly inquires about the beloved disciple, John: “Lord, what about him?”
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The emptiness of the hookup culture
By Jennifer Rey
Young people don’t have time for relationships anymore, says a sex and relationships researcher in a recent article from CNN’s Ian Kerner. It is just one contributor to a growing hookup culture in colleges.
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Editorial: Tempered relief in Gosnell verdict
By OSV Editorial Board
When a Philadelphia jury found abortionist Kermit Gosnell guilty of three first-degree murders and involuntary manslaughter May 13, the pro-life community breathed a collective sigh of relief that such appalling crimes were not whitewashed. Twitter rejoiced with cries of “justice” and “murderer” and “guilty.” The conventional wisdom, many journalists had believed, was that after deliberating for 10 days, the jury wouldn’t deliver anything worse than a third-degree murder charge on the 250-plus counts at Gosnell’s door. Many thought the jury even might be hung.
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