Leonard J. DeLorenzo, Ph.D., works in the McGrath Institute for Church Life and teaches theology at the University of Notre Dame. His book What Matters Most offers more on related topics. Subscribe to his weekly newsletter, “Life, Sweetness, Hope,” at bit.ly/lifesweetnesshope.
In an essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Lenny DeLorenzo writes that “The well-trodden paths of our familiar customs have shifted, and we step with confidence neither here nor there. To what may we entrust ourselves? What will bear our weight? The Church.
In the fourth of a ten-part series on the Ten Commandments, Leonard J. DeLorenzo explores the Third Commandment: “Remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day.” Keeping holy the Lord’s Day might be the most difficult to observe in our busy modern world.
Easter is the season for “missionary disciples.” The heart of the mission is Christ, the source of the mission is his Resurrection, and the power of the mission is the Holy Spirit he imparts to us. With this mission, we, his disciples,
The effectiveness of nations and states’ efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus depends on broad social consensus and cooperation. Already, though, critics such as R.R. Reno of First Things are lambasting these efforts in the strongest possible terms. We
Dioceses have canceled masses or dispensed the faithful from their Sunday obligation because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Parishes are empty, and they may be for some time to come. This does not mean that parish life is suspended; in fact, writer
In reflecting on the coronavirus crisis facing us, Leonard DeLorenzo writes that “it is impossible to play out every scenario where there will be unavoidable loss in the coming months. What is certain, however, is that there will be plenty of loss
In the third of a ten-part series on the Ten Commandments, Leonard DeLorenzo explores the Second Commandment: “You shall not invoke the name of the Lord, your God, in vain.” Using the Lord’s name in vain is more of a sign of
In the second of a 10-part series on the Ten Commandments, Leonard DeLorenzo explores the First Commandment: “I am the Lord your God … you shall not have other gods before me.” Notice that this is a personal address. This is a
As National Catholic Schools Week approaches, writer Leonard DeLorenzo writes that Catholic schools exist to educate the whole person and to provide an education that contemplates the full meaning of the human person and the ultimate meaning of the world as God’s
In the first of a 10-part series on the Ten Commandments, Leonard J. DeLorenzo says, “The freedom of the Christian life is in receiving and responding to the order God gives, and to live wholly and bountifully within that order.” DeLorenzo writes