Voice of the Faithful NJ

10/13/2026

https://www.globalcatholic.com/first-things-first/

When Mary sat at Jesus’ feet, she took the posture of a full disciple, claiming an equality with men that Jesus not only allowed but praised.

10/11/2026

https://fatherlasch.com/twenty-eighth-sunday-in-ordinary-time-a-3/
The banquet is a prominent biblical metaphor.

In the mind of early Christians, Israel’s vision of a God-given banquet of salvation was epitomized in the meals that Jesus shared with his friends, especially in that final meal with his disciples on the night before he died. This is no doubt why Matthew used the wedding banquet as a metaphor for the kingdom of God...

10/11/2026

https://mikecorsoreligiousviews.wordpress.com/2026/10/11/homily-28th-sunday/

From Roger Karban, “By the way, don’t worry about the poor guy who was just walking down the main street, suddenly pulled into a wedding banquet, and then thrown out into the “darkness outside” bec…

10/10/2026

https://mikecorsoreligiousviews.wordpress.com/2026/10/10/on-public-execution/

The death penalty itself is abhorrent and immoral.  These are the countries that actively employ the death penalty; United States, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Belarus, North Korean, Iraq…

10/08/2026

https://www.globalcatholic.com/what-is-to-be-done-juan-segundo-on-the-ecclesial-problem/
Interesting take on salvation and Liberation.

10/08/2026

https://fatherlasch.com/the-liturgy-part-5/
The Current State of Liturgy in the Catholic Church

10/07/2026

Our work is not just about women becoming priests—it's about dismantling the ideas that lead to subjugation and violence against women and marginalized genders. It's all connected.

10/07/2026

Encounter We were riding through frozen fields in a wagon at dawn. A red wing rose in the darkness. And suddenly a hare ran across the road. One of us pointed to it with his hand. That was long ago. Today neither of them is alive, Not the hare, nor the man who made the gesture. O my love, where are....

10/07/2026

https://www.globalcatholic.com/whose-nostra-aetate-the-church-judaism-israel-and-leos-pontificate/
by Massimo Faggioli

Sixty years after Nostra Aetate, a gap has opened that diplomacy cannot bridge, because it is doctrinal, centered on Zionism, the Land, and the State of Israel.