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Dear Catholic Reader,

As a priest, I’d like to ask you one simple question: Are you tired of hearing bland sound bites about the Catholic Faith and what the Catholic Church believes?

Perhaps it’s time to start reading Homiletic & Pastoral Review (HPR) — a magazine that offers refreshing, substantial food for mind and soul that is thoroughly Catholic.

HPR may sound like a “priests only” kind of magazine. Of course, many priests do subscribe. But it’s also valuable for deacons and lay readers—for any serious Catholic.

Many magazines serve up spiritual “fast food” or they take you through the line of “cafeteria Catholicism.” Not HPR.

HPR focuses on being faithful to the full message of Jesus Christ. That means more deeply understanding and more consistently living the Catholic faith.

Each issue of HPR addresses complex, challenging issues with clear spiritual direction and guidance. Each issue takes on the difficult questions faced by Catholics living in a world filled with confusion, unrest, and despair. And HPR provides clear, inspiring, and hopeful answers.

As a priest, I think it’s important that the benefits of HPR be as widely available in the Church as possible. Lay people as well as priests benefit from the spiritual reading found in every issue of the magazine.

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Completely Catholic, No Artificial Additives

Unlike many magazines today, which are filled with endless photos, graphics, and advertisements, HPR is packed with articles, homilies, reviews, questions and answers, and editorials. In other words, HPR is about content — Catholic content.

Here’s what you get with HPR:

Top-notch articles on Catholic doctrine, spiritual guidance, and sound pastoral practice, all reflecting and rooted in the teaching of the Church. Most of HPR’s articles are written by priests and religious, many of whom are teachers of theology, philosophy, and other disciplines.
Deep and timely insights into pressing pastoral issues of the Church’s life and mission. Not only are HPR’s authors well-educated, many of them have extensive experience working in parishes, counseling, or educating seminarians and lay people.
Homilies for Sundays and Holy Days that inspire and edify, all written by outstanding homilists. HPR’s homilies are sources of spiritual sustenance for readers, as well as helpful guides for many priests and deacons in their preaching.
Wise, practical answers to your questions from one of the Church’s top moral theologians, Monsignor William B. Smith, who teaches at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, N.Y.
Pithy, incisive reviews of the most recent and best Catholic books and pastoral resources.

HPR is so highly respected that it goes to thousands of parishes in America. Priests and deacons know they can rely on HPR for solid Catholic answers to the pastoral problems and challenges they encounter.

And lay people know they can trust HPR to provide guidance, information and food for thought that is completely in harmony with the Church’s Magisterium.

Amazingly, at the regular rate, HPR just costs a bit over $2.00 an issue! At this special rate of $9.95, it's only 90 cents an issue! Each issue of HPR is 80 pages long, and 11 issues of HPR are published each year. That’s 880 PAGES for the less than the cost of a typical paperback book!

What HPR Is All About—And Why You Should Be Reading It!

As I mentioned, many lay people—whether they work in the Church or serve Christ out in the world—look to HPR for answers, advice, and insights about the many pressing issues facing the Church. Let me tell you a bit more about why HPR has so many priest, deacon, and lay readers.

First, there are the homilies. The homilies published in HPR are superb, thoughtful, and prayerful. They truly represent some of the best preaching to be found anywhere. Priests and deacons often use them as models for their own homilies. And lay people read them to supplement what they get from their parish.

Secondly, there are the articles. These are outstanding, engaging articles that you won’t read anywhere else. HPR publishes articles aimed at building up the Mystical Body of Christ. Here is a small sampling of some of the recent articles:

“The Liberating Truth of Catholic Teaching on Sexual Morality” by William E. May. Contrary to moral reason and empirical evidence, the sexual revolution did not free people from rigid morality, but enslaved them to destructive passions. A noted moral theologian explains how Catholic teaching can free souls from bondage to sexual sin.
“Vatican II and the Interpretation of Scripture” by Father Thomas J. McGovern. Find out what the Second Vatican Council really said about the Bible and how it should be understood and interpreted.
“Finding Mary in the Scriptures,” a must-read for readers seeking to convey to their Protestant friends the biblical truth about the Blessed Virgin Mary.
“St. John Vianney’s Pastoral Plan” by Father John Cihak. A young priest considers how Saint Vianney’s ministry gives parish priests a fundamental blueprint for a pastoral plan for any place and time. For the priest who has the courage to implement it with the necessary adjustments to the present day, this plan has produced much good fruit.
“Party Politics and the Priesthood” by Eugene F. Diamond. The author carefully examines how the political parties influence the attitudes and beliefs of many deacons, priests, and lay leaders.
“The Morality of Refusing Medical Treatments” by Reverend John Balluff explains the careful, balanced teaching of the Church when it comes to rejecting euthanasia and making decisions about burdensome treatments.
“Public and Private Morality” Mr. Raymond W. Belair, a Catholic lawyer, argues that the teaching of the Church and the documents of Vatican II do not justify the separation of private morality from public policy. He points out the open hypocrisy of those who claim, “I’m personally opposed to abortion, but....”
Architect Henry Hardinge Menzies on “Church Renovation,” which explains the right and wrong way to build a church.
“Fantasy and the Occult in Children’s Literature” by Susan Reibel Moore. A literary critic takes on common questions from parents about reading children’s literature that contains depictions of magic and how to distinguish between the language of the typical offerings in New Age shops and the language of serious imaginative literature.
“The Myth of the Gay Gene” by Dominican Father Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco. The author, a professor of biology and adjunct professor of theology, examines the scientific evidence used to argue for the genetic origins of homosexuality and reviews the ethical argument that used flawed scientific data to justify homosexual behavior.
Sister Margherita Marchione, Ph.D., carefully and thoroughly defends the reputation of the often-maligned Pope Pius XII in “The New York Times, Bishop Sheen, and Pius XII.”
“Ratzinger on Europe” by Father James V. Schall, S.J. The great essayist and professor of political science examines Cardinal Ratzinger’s view of Europe and how it will impact his papacy.
“Cardinal Ratzinger on Liturgical Music” by Michael J. Miller. A summary of three articles by Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) on liturgical music that provides insight into his understanding of how liturgy and music relate to one another.
“Ratzinger on the Modern Mind” by Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. A detailed explanation of how Cardinal Ratzinger views modernity and the varied “isms” — Marxism, pantheism, relativism, Eastern mysticism — that compete for minds and souls.

That’s just a sample of recent articles in HPR—there’s much, much more! I think you can see that such a wonderful, powerful mixture of articles makes HPR a unique, vital magazine.

And, as you probably noticed, we’ve already published several articles about the thought of the former Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, now known as Pope Benedict XVI.

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There’s No Competition Between “Doctrine” and Being “Pastoral”

It’s common to hear many people pit Catholic doctrine against pastoral practice. Some will even dismiss Catholic doctrine because they don’t think it’s “pastoral.” On the other hand, some preach sound doctrine, but they don’t know how to apply that doctrine to real-life situations.

HPR understands the proper relationship between the two. We take our cue from Pope John Paul II who said, “What’s doctrinal isn’t opposed to what is pastoral.” In fact, HPR understands that the doctrinal and the pastoral must go hand-in-hand.

Why not give HPR a try? For a limited time only, you get an entire year, 11 invaluable, information-packed issues, foronly $9.95. That’s just 90 cents an issue for wonderful Catholic writing, superb spiritual reading, and solid pastoral guidance.

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Sincerely in the Lord,

Father Kenneth Baker, S.J.
Editor