Cardinal Blase J. Cupich

January 18, 2023

Protecting God’s children

The approach of Catholic Schools Week gives us an opportunity to revisit the efforts the Archdiocese of Chicago has been taking to keep our children safe.

January 04, 2023

The witness of Benedict XVI

Cardinal Cupich delivered the following homily during a Jan. 2 memorial Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at Holy Name Cathedral.

December 14, 2022

We are all a mixture of origins

There seems to be a persistent interest in discovering one’s ancestry through DNA testing. Yet, I have never met anyone who has learned that their ethnic origins are singular. Rather, when people receive testing results, they see a certain percentage of their DNA has its origins in this part of the world, and another portion of their genetic material may come from another, and another and another.

December 01, 2022

The Baptist: Our model for Advent

One of the novelties found in the readings introduced in the lectionary of the Second Vatican Council is the prominence given to John the Baptist in the second and third weeks of Advent. John is presented as a witness to the coming of Christ, the implication of which is that he serves as a model for how we are to prepare for the coming of Christ. We too are to be witnesses. In trying to understand what that means, three things strike me as noteworthy.

November 16, 2022

Our Sunday obligation

The following letter was published in parish bulletins the weekend of Nov. 12-13.

November 02, 2022

A eucharistic revival that renews the church: Part V

A parishioner recently mentioned that my series of articles on the Eucharist triggered memories about the way Mass was celebrated before the Second Vatican Council. One of them related to how Communion was distributed: “Right after the consecration,” he noted, “the associate priest would come out and begin distributing Communion, using hosts from the tabernacle, as the pastor continued with the Mass. The pastor would do the same for the associate when he was celebrating Mass.”

October 19, 2022

A eucharistic revival that renews the church: Part IV

In the fall of 1965, I was a junior in high school. That was the year my home parish of Sts. Peter and Paul in South Omaha, Nebraska, was making plans to build a new church.

October 05, 2022

A Eucharistic Revival that Renews the Church: Part III

In his letter “Desiderio Desideravi,” Pope Francis addresses the complaint that a “sense of mystery” was lost with the Second Vatican Council’s reform of the liturgy.

September 14, 2022

A eucharistic revival that renews the church: Part II

As I noted in my last column, with his letter on liturgical formation, “Desiderio Desideravi,” Pope Francis has made a unique contribution to the three-year eucharistic revival launched by the U.S. Catholic bishops.

August 31, 2022

A eucharistic revival that renews the church

The Catholic bishops of the United States have launched a eucharistic revival over the next three years. Pope Francis has made a singular contribution to that effort with the recent release of his powerful and theologically rich apostolic letter on the liturgical formation of the people of God, “Desiderio Desideravi” (“I have earnestly desired”).
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