Word: communion
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...Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof." THE CONGREGATION, in a new translation of the Catholic Mass approved by U.S. bishops. This pre-Communion prayer is closer to its Latin original than the current "Lord, I am not worthy to receive...
...evenings when the mood is right and the family lingers, caught up in an idea or an argument explored in a shared safe place where no one is stupid or shy or ashamed, you get a glimpse of the power of this habit and why social scientists say such communion acts as a kind of vaccine, protecting kids from all manner of harm...
...trip as a Cardinal, was asked by journalists on the plane how he felt about visiting Auschwitz "as a German." The Pope responded: "I am above all a Catholic. I must say that this is the most important point." Nationalities, he said, can help fulfill the "togetherness of the communion of the Catholic Church." After his election last April, Benedict said he saw a "providential design" in a Polish pope being succeeded by a German one. "Both popes in their youth - both on different sides and in different situations - were forced to experience the barbarity of the Second World...
...remedial lesson in the notion of danse a deux. To 21st century kids, pairs dancing must at first have seemed as bizarre and uncool an activity as synchronized swimming. For a couple of decades, dance has been self-expression, of an orgiastic, onanistic sort, not connection and communion with a partner of a different gender. Yet the show demonstrated, as Take the Lead does, the blend of precision and passion in an expert dance number. One girl in Take the Lead, watching a couple execute a hot tango, marvels that "It's like sex on hardwood." The contestants on Dancing...
...time when several issues threaten to divide the flock. In November the church issued a controversial Instruction on gay seminarians. To Levada, "the document is very clear. A person with deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not suited for the priesthood." Another tricky topic: Should politicians be denied Communion if they espouse policies that contradict church teaching? Levada would like to see that debated more but says, "There are certain teachings that, as Catholics, we have to accept as part of Jesus' gospel," such as opposition to abortion. "Catholic politicians need to take this seriously," he says. "Maybe they need...