Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the mfn-opts domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /nas/content/live/brownpelican/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114
Fr. Robert P. Imbelli: Christ the Giver of the Spirit – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Fr. Robert P. Imbelli: Christ the Giver of the Spirit

Pillaging the Monasteries: The Vatican’s Hidden Financial Scandal, by Mary Cuff
June 6, 2022
Pope Francis, Bishop McElroy, and Amoris Laetitia, by Larry Chapp
June 6, 2022

*Image: Pentecost by El Greco, c. 1600 [Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain]

By Fr. Robert P. Imbellim, The Catholic Thing, June 5, 2022

Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, is the author of Rekindling the Christic Imagination: Theological Meditations on the New Evangelization (Liturgical Press).

 

Fr. Robert P. ImbelliMany years ago, during my Junior Year of college, I read Hilaire Belloc’s deliciously discerning book, The Path to Rome. Written in 1902 it recounts his pilgrimage on foot (for the most part, at least) from his hometown in France to the Eternal City. Belloc embarked upon the journey because he had been enchanted by a lovely statue of Our Lady which he discovered in his parish church. A work of beauty spurred and sustained his path to Rome.

The same year that I read Belloc, I too came upon a work of art that has guided and enriched my own journey. It has not been a physical trek of a thousand kilometers, but it has had its own small share of adventure.  …

Continue reading >>>>