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I offer this article as a supporting addition to the wealth of insight the U.S. bishops have offered in their document The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church, which is to say, as a meditation to aid catechists in their unpacking of it, especially its section on the Real Presence of Christ. In the following, my goal is to deepen our understanding of the Real Presence precisely so that catechists can better foster encounters with the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament as it is celebrated both within and outside of Mass.
Pope Francis and the Event of Encounter, eds. John C. Cavadini and Donald Wallenfang (Pickwick, 2018)
Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato si’ undoubtedly contributes
to the body of modern Catholic Soci... more Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato si’ undoubtedly contributes to the body of modern Catholic Social Teaching and encourages urgent action concerning the environment. Less attention, however, has been paid to its implications for the New Evangelization. By reading the document through a Franciscan and particularly Bonaventurian lens, this chapter argues that the pope’s call for an integral ecology is simultaneously a way of proclaiming the Gospel. Francis’s vision of the interrelatedness of all creation thus acts as a pathway by which the Church can proclaim the Trinitarian God. Indeed, for Francis, the attainment of an integral ecology requires not only the communion of human beings with the environment and with each other, but with God who, as the source of creation, is a communion in himself.
Church Life: A Journal for the New Evangelization, 2017
This article commemorates the Catechism of the Catholic Church’s 25th anniversary and argues for ... more This article commemorates the Catechism of the Catholic Church’s 25th anniversary and argues for its continued relevance, especially in light of the modern theological and pastoral concerns regarding two fundamental relationships--the relation of the universal and the particular and the relation between truth and praxis. It offers a brief historical survey of the Catechism's creation and examines its value vis-à-vis the work of American scholars Gabriel Moran and Thomas Groome.
The entire document, and especially chapter eight, should be read within the framework of this at... more The entire document, and especially chapter eight, should be read within the framework of this attention to both the fullness of truth and the freedom of discernment in pastoral matters. These are not opposing points or elements that need to be balanced; rather, the latter is discerned with the goal of attaining the former. Truth is the arena in which freedom matures and operates. St. Ignatius of Loyola, in writing the Spiritual Exercises, emphasized the freedom of the imagination in contemplating Scripture and discerning the best possible choice for one undertaking the exercises. And yet, at the same time, he capped the exercises with “Rules for Thinking with the Church.” Ignatius saw no opposition between these two, and neither does Francis.
In December of 2015, the Church celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the promulgation of Gaudiu... more In December of 2015, the Church celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the promulgation of Gaudium et Spes. This article argues for the document's continued relevance, particularly in the way it manifests the biblical and patristic concept of the divine pedagogy. It explores this pedagogy by way of the Constitution's theology of the "signs of the times" and its theological anthropology. Because the Constitution was aimed at engaging the modern world with the faith of the Church, its exemplification of the divine pedagogy provides an important framework by which the Church can engage in the New Evangelization.
This article examines Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s grounding of the New Evangelization in the Sec... more This article examines Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s grounding of the New Evangelization in the Second Vatican Council and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, especially in light of critiques that view the Catechism as a reversal of conciliar renewal. By examining the history of modern catechetics through the lens of Benedict’s hermeneutic of reform and renewal, the author concludes that, far from being a reversal of the Council’s aims, the Catechism is, in fact, a fruit of it. Therefore, it remains an essential tool for the New Evangelization.
Available at https://review.catechetics.com/real-presence-jesus-christ-eucharist ***
I offer thi... more Available at https://review.catechetics.com/real-presence-jesus-christ-eucharist ***
I offer this article as a supporting addition to the wealth of insight the U.S. bishops have offered in their document The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church, which is to say, as a meditation to aid catechists in their unpacking of it, especially its section on the Real Presence of Christ. In the following, my goal is to deepen our understanding of the Real Presence precisely so that catechists can better foster encounters with the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament as it is celebrated both within and outside of Mass.
Pope Francis and the Event of Encounter, eds. John C. Cavadini and Donald Wallenfang (Pickwick, 2018)
Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato si’ undoubtedly contributes
to the body of modern Catholic Soci... more Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato si’ undoubtedly contributes to the body of modern Catholic Social Teaching and encourages urgent action concerning the environment. Less attention, however, has been paid to its implications for the New Evangelization. By reading the document through a Franciscan and particularly Bonaventurian lens, this chapter argues that the pope’s call for an integral ecology is simultaneously a way of proclaiming the Gospel. Francis’s vision of the interrelatedness of all creation thus acts as a pathway by which the Church can proclaim the Trinitarian God. Indeed, for Francis, the attainment of an integral ecology requires not only the communion of human beings with the environment and with each other, but with God who, as the source of creation, is a communion in himself.
Church Life: A Journal for the New Evangelization, 2017
This article commemorates the Catechism of the Catholic Church’s 25th anniversary and argues for ... more This article commemorates the Catechism of the Catholic Church’s 25th anniversary and argues for its continued relevance, especially in light of the modern theological and pastoral concerns regarding two fundamental relationships--the relation of the universal and the particular and the relation between truth and praxis. It offers a brief historical survey of the Catechism's creation and examines its value vis-à-vis the work of American scholars Gabriel Moran and Thomas Groome.
The entire document, and especially chapter eight, should be read within the framework of this at... more The entire document, and especially chapter eight, should be read within the framework of this attention to both the fullness of truth and the freedom of discernment in pastoral matters. These are not opposing points or elements that need to be balanced; rather, the latter is discerned with the goal of attaining the former. Truth is the arena in which freedom matures and operates. St. Ignatius of Loyola, in writing the Spiritual Exercises, emphasized the freedom of the imagination in contemplating Scripture and discerning the best possible choice for one undertaking the exercises. And yet, at the same time, he capped the exercises with “Rules for Thinking with the Church.” Ignatius saw no opposition between these two, and neither does Francis.
In December of 2015, the Church celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the promulgation of Gaudiu... more In December of 2015, the Church celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the promulgation of Gaudium et Spes. This article argues for the document's continued relevance, particularly in the way it manifests the biblical and patristic concept of the divine pedagogy. It explores this pedagogy by way of the Constitution's theology of the "signs of the times" and its theological anthropology. Because the Constitution was aimed at engaging the modern world with the faith of the Church, its exemplification of the divine pedagogy provides an important framework by which the Church can engage in the New Evangelization.
This article examines Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s grounding of the New Evangelization in the Sec... more This article examines Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s grounding of the New Evangelization in the Second Vatican Council and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, especially in light of critiques that view the Catechism as a reversal of conciliar renewal. By examining the history of modern catechetics through the lens of Benedict’s hermeneutic of reform and renewal, the author concludes that, far from being a reversal of the Council’s aims, the Catechism is, in fact, a fruit of it. Therefore, it remains an essential tool for the New Evangelization.
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I offer this article as a supporting addition to the wealth of insight the U.S. bishops have offered in their document The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church, which is to say, as a meditation to aid catechists in their unpacking of it, especially its section on the Real Presence of Christ. In the following, my goal is to deepen our understanding of the Real Presence precisely so that catechists can better foster encounters with the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament as it is celebrated both within and outside of Mass.
to the body of modern Catholic Social Teaching and encourages
urgent action concerning the environment. Less attention, however,
has been paid to its implications for the New Evangelization.
By reading the document through a Franciscan and particularly
Bonaventurian lens, this chapter argues that the pope’s call for an
integral ecology is simultaneously a way of proclaiming the Gospel.
Francis’s vision of the interrelatedness of all creation thus acts as a
pathway by which the Church can proclaim the Trinitarian God.
Indeed, for Francis, the attainment of an integral ecology requires
not only the communion of human beings with the environment
and with each other, but with God who, as the source of creation, is
a communion in himself.
I offer this article as a supporting addition to the wealth of insight the U.S. bishops have offered in their document The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church, which is to say, as a meditation to aid catechists in their unpacking of it, especially its section on the Real Presence of Christ. In the following, my goal is to deepen our understanding of the Real Presence precisely so that catechists can better foster encounters with the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament as it is celebrated both within and outside of Mass.
to the body of modern Catholic Social Teaching and encourages
urgent action concerning the environment. Less attention, however,
has been paid to its implications for the New Evangelization.
By reading the document through a Franciscan and particularly
Bonaventurian lens, this chapter argues that the pope’s call for an
integral ecology is simultaneously a way of proclaiming the Gospel.
Francis’s vision of the interrelatedness of all creation thus acts as a
pathway by which the Church can proclaim the Trinitarian God.
Indeed, for Francis, the attainment of an integral ecology requires
not only the communion of human beings with the environment
and with each other, but with God who, as the source of creation, is
a communion in himself.