Philosophos

I’ve been having some discussions with a friend of mine about authority in the Church. It so “happened” that today’s Office of Readings contained some primary texts that are important to this matter. The Office of Readings, after some opening Psalms, consists of a Scripture reading, either from the Old or New Testament, followed by [...]

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Today is the day of the year when the Catholic Church honors our guardian angels. There is so much interest in angels in the world today, that I thought it might be helpful to share this excerpt from a sermon by St. Bernard, which comes from today’s Office of Readings. (Thanks to Universalis for providing [...]

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