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The reason and reality of the Nativity
Eventually, when the Incarnation of the Son of Man is rejected, the rejection of man inevitably follows. This abolition of man is what we are […]
Trinity
Essay
The Trinity: A Mystery for Eternity
Readings: • Prov 8:22-31 • Ps 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 • Rom 5:1-5 • Jn 16:12-15 The apologist and novelist Dorothy Sayers (1893-1957) dryly noted, in an essay titled “The Dogma is the Drama,” that for […]
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Three Births and the Third Person of the Trinity
Readings: • Acts 2:1-11 • Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 • 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Rom 8:8-17 • Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 14:15-16, 23b-26 He is silent, yet sounds like rushing wind; he […]
Features
How Jesus became Jesus: A conversation with Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy
“When he was conceived and born these saving acts were still in the future,” says the noted theologian and author of a new study of […]
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After the Irish debacle
Ireland has been a post-Christian society for decades. It times to take bold steps in order to turn things around in Irish Catholicism. […]
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“Every truth is from the Holy Spirit”: On Pentecost Sunday
On the Readings for Pentecost Sunday, May 20, 2018 […]
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Six qualities of authentic love on the Sixth Sunday of Easter
Love is a free gift; it cannot be coerced, manipulated, or commodified. The greatest example of this is found in the Incarnation. […]
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“Behold! I tell you a mystery!”
The mysteries of the Incarnation and Resurrection are re-presented in every celebration of “the sacred mysteries” – Holy Mass – as Jesus is born in […]
Sojourns with Schall
Suffering, salvation, and the mystery of an imperfect world
God cannot make us free and then make it absolutely certain that we do not reject Him. The whole point of divine and human love […]
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The Holy Family points the human family to the Heavenly Family
On the Readings for Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph […]