Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

(Image source: Wikimedia Commons ) There is confusion in the Church, no doubt, but is it due to the Church's "obstinate insistence" on preaching demanding moral principles? Listen to find out what I think. After you have done so, click this link , read Monsignor Pope's article, and then ponder this one question: Are Monsignor Pope and I wrong ?.  

Thank you Allison Gingras and Elizabeth Riordan, for inviting your fellow Catholic bloggers to re-post their favorite articles on “It’s Worth Revisiting” Wednesdays. Go there now (and every Wednesday) and enjoy what these authors have to offer. During the rest of each week. visit Allison at  Reconciled To You and Elizabeth at Theology Is A Verb . Here is what I am sharing this week:  I Am Confused. How About You? (Originally posted October 28, 2013) From much of what has been written recently, some would have us conclude that the problems with, within the Catholic Church and with how the secular world views the Church are the result of the Church’s obstinate insistence on hammering home one difficult moral principle after another and its failure to make its primary mission the physical, emotional, medical, and social well-being of all those in need. (Abbey at Genesee) Correct me if I am wrong. Is it not beyond dispute th...

Monsignor Charles Pope has an excellent Corpus Christi sermon which you can read here.  I thought a good way of ending this day as preparation for tomorrow's great Solemnity would be to share one of the videos he posted:

  Polls tell us that a majority of Americans identifying themselves as Catholic no longer attend Sunday Mass. They do not know what is happening at or Who is present at the Mass. We must address this deficit in catechesis , as well as the  widespread lack of belief in and reverence for the Real Presence of our Lord in the Eucharist. Monsignor Charles Pope shared a video that helps put these issues in proper perspective. Please take a look.