The Backstory of the Daily News: Notes on Science, Politics and Gnosticism by Eric...
(Eric Voeglin (1901-1985) was a German political philosopher, who narrowly escaped the Gestapo, and spent most of his life in America. He wrote voluminously,...
A Primer for Our Lenten Pilgrimage
‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only Him’ (Mt. 4:11).
On Ash Wednesday we begin the observance of the holy season of Lent with...
Saint Peter Damian and Pope Benedict
Not many in the hierarchy write like Saint Peter Damian (+1072), whose direct and blunt condemnation of the unnatural sexual sins of the clergy...
The God of Love: Christ in the Song of Songs
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for...
Sixth Sunday – Fulfilling the Law
If you choose, you can keep the commandments, and they will save you… has not commanded anyone to be wicked, and He has...
Fifth Sunday: The Salt of the Earth and Light to the World
‘You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hidden’ (Mt. 5:14).
Imagine the astonishment of those who heard...
MAiD and Salvific Suffering
In 2016, two weeks after it was legalized in Canada, a patient asked for my help in referring her for Medical Assistance in Dying...
Beatitudes and the Imitatio Christi
For I will leave in the midst of you a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord...
Pope Benedict and Saint Paul’s Conversion
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 3 September 2008
Saint Paul (3)
St Paul's "Conversion".
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today's Catechesis is dedicated to the experience that Paul...
The Shekinah, A Type of Saint Joseph
Perhaps you may be familiar with the Pillar of Cloud — which may be compared to a tornado — or the Pillar of Fire...