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Listing to Heaven
For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil intentions:Â fornication, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil things come from within, and they defile...
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Recapturing Reverence for the Eucharist
The most vital characteristic of our Catholic faith is not its external organization that has of late, thanks to Pope Francis, attracted the attention of the media. What makes us flourish, if flourish we...
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Sometimes, Alas, Arguing is Futile
Jesus provides us with a motive for acting, viz., the love of God, which in practical terms produces a love of our neighbours. That’s why he fed the people with an actual meal of...
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The Bible, as History and Theology
There was a theologian a few years ago who made quite a splash in the media by criticizing the Bible. A lot of people do the same, but we don’t expect a Christian to...
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Fourteenth Sunday: The Inadequacy of Relativism and Random Chance
A theme common to Ezekiel and Saint Mark—the readings for the fourteenth Sunday, year B—is the necessity of faith . . .  and, be it said, the difficulty of achieving it. The history of...
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The Holy Eucharist and ‘Being There’: Much of Life is All About Showing Up
Simple facts can often be significant . . . and often unadverted to. Consider the Last Supper. Obviously, the Apostles had to be present in order to participate in it. Wonderful as it was,...
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Credo in Unum et Trium Deum
Two creeds are in common use among us: the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed, which we use on liturgical occasions, and is a propos especially on Trinity Sunday. A moment’s thought makes it...
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Fundamentalism A, B and C
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The slogan of the Protestant Reformation was “sola Scriptura,” that is, a conviction that the Bible and the Bible alone contains God’s revelation to his people. The invention of printing made it possible to...
