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FR. ROBERT BARRON

The appearance of yet another film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby provides the occasion for reflecting on what many consider the great American novel.

BISHOP FRED HENRY

When I was seminarian, one of our compulsory courses was our half-hour Saturday night etiquette class. After a full week of facing the rigours of philosophical or theological study and reflection, this was a necessary, rather light subject but a hard discipline.

JOE GUNN

Canada's bishops believe that core truths have been spoken on environmental issues by recent popes – but much more has to be done. "What's needed is the reception of what's been said," says Saskatoon's Bishop Don Bolen. "Canadians need to adopt dramatic change in our relationship with the environment."

Movies about philosophers rarely rise above the spoof level of Monty Python's depiction of a soccer game between German and Greek philosophers (won by the Greeks when Archimedes decides to stop pondering and actually kick the ball).

FR. RON ROLHEISER, omi

In a marvelous little book entitled, The Music of Silence, David Steindl-Rast highlights how each hour of the day has its own special light and its own particular mood and how we are more attentive to the present moment when we recognize and honour these "special angels" lurking inside each hour.

RALPH HIMSL

10th Sunday in Ordinary Time
June 9, 2013

The first words of today's Second Reading from Paul's letter to the Galatians catches our attention by their simplicity: "I want you to know . . ." - words that invite us into the personality of this remarkable person – such an instrument in the early spread of the message of Jesus' gift to the world.

LASHA MORNINGSTAR

"It doesn't matter." Too often we say these words out loud or silently to ourselves.

SR. LOUISE ZDUNICH, NDC

Why does Scripture say there will be a general judgment since we will all be judged at our death?

Christianity and secular liberalism both hold the enhancement of human dignity to be one of society's key goals. However, what those two traditions each mean by "human dignity" is quite different. To understand what is happening in today's society, it is helpful to explore those different meanings.

FR. RON ROLHEISER, omi

One of my jobs as a priest is to preside and preach at funerals. Never an easy task.