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“In my beginning is my end. … In my end is my beginning”
On the Readings for December 10, 2017, the Second Sunday of Advent […]
St. Peter
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Ecclesia and Excommunication
On the Readings for Sunday, September 10, 2017 […]
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The Transfiguration: Gospel to the Dead
An excerpt from Frank Sheed’s To Know Christ Jesus. […]
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“What is the mark of a Christian?”
Readings: • Wis 18:6-9 • Ps 33:1, 12, 18-19, 20-22 • Heb 11:1-2, 8-19 • Lk 12:32-48 “What is the mark of a Christian?” asked St. Basil in his work, Moralia, which is a guide to […]
Essay
Abusing Zacchaeus
Fr. James Martin’s approaches to interpreting Scripture have a long pedigree in Western Christianity; they’re largely rooted in the modernism of liberal Protestantism. […]
Essay
Saints Peter and Paul: “One wins by cross, and one by sword”
A consideration of the two Apostles we honor today, a reflection on the Petrine office in the Church, and a challenge to live the implications […]
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One Christ, One Savior, One Shepherd
On the Readings for April 22, 2018, the Fourth Sunday of Easter […]
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On “conservative Catholics” and the papacy
Orthodox, conservative Catholics are both ecclesial monarchists and are ecclesial collegialists […]