Hail to the Cross of our Salvation! Hail to the Crucified King! Reflecting on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Most Holy Cross
In the homily which the then Cardinal Ratzinger delivered during the Mass before the Conclave of 2005, during which he was elected as Pope, he begins by noting that the grace and mercy of God are not cheap. They have come to us at the cost of a dear price, the price of the crucifixion. […]
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES Jesus Christ MAKE? (Part Three) Maurice Agbaw-Ebai
We ended our previous section by pointing out that human brokenness, or existential wretchedness, could often times serve as the raw material thanks to which the need for God enters into the drama of human existence. As disheartening as the state of sin is, when we have the courage to turn to God, human sinfulness […]
Morality Truly Christian, Truly African: Engagements with the Theology of Paulinus Odozor
Co-organized by Maurice Agbaw-Ebai and Matthew Levering Mundelein Seminary November 2-4, 2023 1. Paulinus Odozor, C.S.Sp. (University of Notre Dame) – Respondent at end of event 2. Maurice Ashley Agbaw-Ebai (St. John’s Seminary) – “Ratzinger’s Theological Anthropology in Conversation with Aspects of Paulinus Odozor’s Understanding of the Human Person in Christ” 3. John Cavadini (University of Notre […]
What difference does Jesus Christ make? (Part 2)
In the first part of our reflection on the topic of what difference Jesus makes, we ended on the position that the Temptations constitute, in their innermost core, a theological debate between Satan and Jesus. The challenge for Jesus to prove his identity as the Son of God. It is likewise important to keep the […]
Burkina Faso Jesuit Priest Makes History as First African to Win Ratzinger Prize
The Resurrection of Jesus: God’s Verb in the Grammar of Human Existence
When we studied English Grammar at St. Joseph’s Primary School in Mamfe, Cameroon several years ago, we were taught that a verb is a word that it used to describe an action, that is, the doing part of a sentence. A verb therefore connotes an occurrence. To say, therefore, that the Resurrection of Jesus of […]
What difference does Jesus Christ make?
It is not uncommon to find persons that have been Christian for much of their life relapse from the practice of the Christian faith. Life can be very challenging, especially in the face of pain, evil, injustice, misery, and death. The Second Vatican Council in Gaudium et Spes fittingly explained the reality of death as […]
The Beautiful Catholic Priesthood Today
Perhaps of all the days in the Liturgical Calendar, it might appear out of sync for one to reflect on the meaning of the Catholic Priesthood on Ash Wednesday. After all, this day, as does the Church’s Liturgy, constitutes an invitation to reflect on two not very uplifting realities of human existence, namely, our mortality […]
The Spiritual Testimony of Pope Benedict XVI
The Holy See releases this document, the Spiritual Testament of Pope Benedict XVI, dated August 29th, 2006
Three Lessons from Pope Benedict XVI
An old pastor once told me that many priests enjoy a special relationship with theman serving as Pope when they were in the seminary. At least in the contemporaryperiod, it is true that precisely at the time when a man is thinking over whether he iscalled to be a priest, the one who occupies the […]