The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom
Posted in Catholic, Christianity, Religion, Theology on May 30th, 2008
I’m on Dr. Ambrosio’s email list, and today’s mailing included an article on Faith vs. Works. Dr. Ambrosio happens to be a member of my parish, and used to be a professor at the University of Dallas, but now he’s primarily a conference speaker, and he has his website which is full of good articles [...]
Posted in Catholic, History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Science, Theology on Apr 27th, 2008
It’s been several months now since the latest encyclical letter from Pope Benedict was issued. This was the first encyclical that I read all the way through, and it is very good. The theme is that we need hope, and that ultimate hope can only be found in Christ. That’s nothing new for anyone who [...]
Happy Easter everyone! Since I posted yesterday about Holy Saturday, I felt like I should at least post something for Easter. This is the Exultet, a hymn dating back at least to the 7th century, which is always sung in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil, the night before Easter [...]
Today is Holy Saturday, the day between Good Friday, when Jesus was executed, and Easter Sunday, when Jesus rose from the dead. This is the day that Jesus spent in the tomb. In the Catholic Office of Readings for today, there is an ancient homily for Holy Saturday which is very inspiring, and I think [...]
Stizzyocayce tagged me to do the following:
Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more. (No cheating!)
Find Page 123.
Find the first 5 sentences.
Post the next 3 sentences.
Tag 5 people.
I think the closest book was the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which I was consulting recently for an email conversation. It was towards my left, [...]
Posted in Catholic, Ecclesiology, Patristics on Feb 3rd, 2008
I am taking a class on Patristic Theology, which is about the theology of the early Christians. I have a lot of reading for this class from the original ancient sources, and they are very fascinating. I have decided to try to share on this blog important passages as I run across them in my [...]
Merry Christmas everyone. For your Christmas reading pleasure, I invite you to read this great little article by Mark Shea regarding the common conception that the practice of celebrating of Christmas on December 25th is of pagan origin. I will not say anymore; just read it for yourselves.
Yesterday was the feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. I ran across these notes from a blog I read written by a Benedictine Monk. He doesn’t provide much explanation, but I was still impressed.
I have heard Tim Staples make the connection between the virgin Earth , unstained by sin, from which the first Adam [...]
Posted in Catholic, Philosophy, Theology on Jan 24th, 2007
I saw the following quote from the opening paragraph of Pope John Paul II’s encyclical Fides et Ratio (Faith and Reason) on the Intentional Disciples blog:
Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know [...]
Posted in Catholic on Jan 17th, 2007
Here is a list of articles I received when I inquired about the lay Dominicans.
Dominican Spirituality by Fr. Benedict Ashley OP
Dominican Life is Contemplative (Chapter 3 of Dominican Dominican Spirituality: Principles and Practice) by Fr. William Hinnebusch OP
Dominican Students: The Dominican Charism of Study
The Contemplative Dimension of Dominican Spirituality by Fr. Jordan Aumann OP
St. [...]