Father Norm's Notebook
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

"I" or "We"

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I've found it difficult to remember at Mass that the new translation of the Creed begins with "I" rather than "we." ...
Friday, May 11, 2012

The World --Friend or Foe?

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Are those who oppose the reforms of Vatican II conservative or liberal? In the 50 years since the Second Vatican Council the label "...
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Saturday, May 5, 2012

People Change

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One of the priests who served as a theology expert at the Second Vatican Council wrote in the 1960s a retrospect on the opening days of the ...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Golden Rule

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I used to think that the Golden Rule was peculiar to the Bible. Jesus taught in the sermon on the mount: "Do unto others as you would h...
Monday, April 16, 2012

Age of the Laity

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At the beginning of the twentieth century Pope Pius X wrote an encyclical letter deploring the decision of the French government to withdraw...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Belief or Faith?

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We ought to   ask ourselves whether the focus of our religion is belief or faith. The two differ. Belief could be described as acceptance...
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Friday, March 16, 2012

Praying What We Believe

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There is a principle in theology which holds that the way we pray is the way we believe -- or lex orandi, lex credendi  to be more precise. ...
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Fr Norm
Cincinnati, OH, United States
A priest ordained for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati in 1970. After ten years of high school teaching, a few years as an associate pastor, and twenty-six years as a pastor, I retired from parish administration to write, preach parish missions across the country, and teach catechetical courses and conferences.
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