Blessed Be God Forever!
Blessed Be God Forever! Jim Brown Editor’s Note: We are pleased to share this reflection by Jim Brown, who writes from Cincinnati, Ohio, and formerly served as an organizational development consultant to the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament. Jim also acted as the first lay director of the Congregation’s Center for Eucharistic Evangelizing and was […]
Book Reviews: Authors – Michael O’Loughlin, Margaret Silf, Bobby Angel
The Bible and Homosexuality: Expanding our Image of God Michael J. O’Loughlin, ed. Paulist Press Mahwah, NJ, 2025 This collection of sixteen brief articles not only considers scripture through a refreshing lens but calls for acceptance and empathy to those we often dub “the other.” The editor has drawn on well-known scholars, mostly men, as […]
The Epiclesis of the Mass: A Prayer in Two Parts
Mauro Del Giudice Editor’s Note: The following submission to Emmanuel Magazine comes from Mauro Del Giudice (b. 1953), who describes himself as a citizen of Rome, Italy, by “birth and vocation.” He holds an undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Rome, La Sapienza, and master’s degrees in related disciplines from the Social […]
An Exciting Message from Patrick Riley, Emmanuel Magazine Book Review Editor
Dear Emmanuel Magazine Subscribers: My name is Patrick Riley, and I have been associated with Emmanuel since 1971, when I wrote my first book review for the magazine. Rev. Raymond Tartre SSS, was editor at the time, and book reviews had already been an integral part of Emmanuel for decades. I was later appointed book […]
A Eucharist-Themed Essay in Paintings
Editor’s Note: Emmanuel Magazine is pleased to present for the pleasure and Lenten contemplation of its readers a Eucharist-themed essay in paintings drawn from the works of the internationally-acclaimed priest and artist, Rev. Peter William Gray, S.S., Ph.D. The Baltimore-based Father Gray, a member of the USA Province of the Society of Saint Sulpice, has […]
Sacrament of the Future: Eucharist in an Unfolding Universe
Robert Nicastro Editor’s Note: Robert Nicastro, Ph.D., is executive director of the Center for Christogenesis in Washington, DC, and a 2025 graduate of the doctoral program in theology at Villanova University, where his research focused on the work of twentieth century anthropologist and theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ. In this submission to Emmanuel Magazine, […]
Book Review: Guide for Celebrating The Liturgy of the Hours
BOOK REVIEW Guide for Celebrating The Liturgy of the Hours By Christopher J. Ferraro and Father Anthomy Ruff, OSB Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2019 117 pages. Price available online. Editor’s Note: Emmanuel Magazine is pleased again to offer, as it did routinely for years, reviews of books likely to be of interest to our readers. […]
Passing this Lent at the Gates of Gethsemane
Joe McCormack Editor’s Note: With Ash Wednesday just around the corner, Emmanuel Magazine is pleased to offer a short Lenten reflection by Joe McCormack, an associate of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament from Highland Heights, Ohio, and regular contributor to the Congregation’s Daily Eucharist Reflections online. McCormack was, for many years, a teacher of […]
One Jewish Boy’s Perspective on Religion and Inter-Faith Dialogue
Steven A. Levy, MD, FCAP Editor’s Note: The following reflection on the nature of religion was submitted by Dr. Steven Levy, MD, FCAP, a retired physician well-known throughout the medical community in Erie, Pennsylvania, for having served as an instructor in medical ethics at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM). A life-long Jew, Dr. […]
Christmas Thoughts on the MET’s Tiny Crib of the Infant Jesus
Christmas Thoughts on the MET’s Tiny Crib of the Infant Jesus Michael E. DeSanctis, Editor Buried somewhere in the collection of newspaper and magazine clippings I acquired during my decades of teaching both theology and art history at a Catholic university is a photo from 2001 of the federal execution chamber in Terre Haute, Indiana, […]