Category: Saint Peter

Jesus was not a pop psychologist

by bcadmin | Sep 2, 2022 | Gospel of Luke, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, Love, Luke Timothy Johnson, News, Saint Peter, Satan, sin, The Dispatch, Truth | 0 |

Readings: • Wis 9:13-18b • Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14-17 • Phmn 9-10, 12-17 • Lk 14:25-33 I once read a column by a young Catholic who expressed frustration with the saying, “Love the sinner, […]

The risen Christ to the restored Peter: “Feed my sheep!”

by bcadmin | Apr 30, 2022 | Ascension, Ezekiel, Jesus Christ, King David, Lumen Gentium, News, Papacy, Resurrection, Saint Peter, The Dispatch | 0 |

Readings: • Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41 • Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13 • Rev 5:11-14 • Jn 21:1-19 Years ago, not long after entering the Church, I called into a local radio program hosted by […]

Lessons for Lent from the conversion of St. Peter

by bcadmin | Mar 27, 2022 | Essay, Features, Jesus Christ, Lent, News, Saint Peter | 0 |

When Simon Peter saw the great catch, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” (Luke 5:8) Peter had already witnessed Jesus heal his mother-in-law […]

From Temptation to Transfiguration

by bcadmin | Mar 11, 2022 | Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis, Jesus Christ, Lent, News, Saint John, Saint Peter, Satan, St. Thomas Aquinas, temptation, The Dispatch, Transfiguration | 0 |

Readings: • Gn 15:5-12, 17-18 • Ps 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14 • Phil 3:17—4:1 • Lk 9:28b-36 What a difference a week makes! From temptation in the desert to Transfiguration on the mount; from supernatural […]

By embracing Christ’s Passion, we overcome our passions

by bcadmin | Sep 18, 2021 | capital sins, Gospel of Mark, Jesus Christ, News, Saint Peter, St. Augustine, St. Paul, The Dispatch | 0 |

Readings: • Wis 2:12, 17-20 • Ps 54:3-4, 5, 6 and 8 • Jas 3:16-4:3 • Mk 9:30-37 Three of the greatest temptations known to man are lust for power, pursuit of illicit pleasure, and […]

Saint Matthias and a Church at Work

by bcadmin | May 14, 2021 | Acts of the Apostles, Apostles, Between the Sundays, Easter, Evangelization, Featured, Holy Spirit, Living the Faith, News, Ordinary Time, Pentecost, Saint Matthias, Saint Peter, St. Matthias, The Church | 0 |

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Preachers who are in love with Christ

by bcadmin | Apr 17, 2021 | Fr. Peter John Cameron, Fulton Sheen, Gospel, Jesus Christ, News, Pentecost, Resurrection, Saint Peter, The Dispatch | 0 |

On the Readings for April 15, 2018, the Third Sunday of Easter […]

A Transforming Vision

by bcadmin | Mar 20, 2021 | 2021, A Transforming Vision, Columns, Fra Angelico’s fresco of Saint Lawrence Distributing Alms, James Patrick Reid, Leon Battista Alberti's Della Pittura (”On Painting”), Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper, Masolino’s fresco in the Brancacci Chapel in Florence, Matthew 6:22, News, perspective in art, Romans 12:2, Romans 8:28, Saint Peter, The Catholic Thing | 0 |

James Patrick Reid: Many think that perspective is a painter’s trick, but in the work of da Vinci, Fra Angelico, and Masolino it’s much more.

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Set Apart

by bcadmin | Feb 28, 2021 | 1 Kings 19:12, 1 Peter 2:9, 2 Peter 1:18, 2021, Abraham, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Elijah, Fr. Paul D. Scalia, Mark 9:2-10, Moses, Mount Tabor, News, Saint Mark, Saint Peter, Set Apart, The Catholic Thing, The Transfiguration | 0 |

Fr. Paul D. Scalia: By our Lenten mortifications and acts of self-denial we separate ourselves and declare our independence from the world.

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What do all of the false Christs of our age have in common?

by bcadmin | Aug 28, 2020 | Jesus Christ, Matthew's Gospel, New Age movement, News, Saint Peter, Satan, skandalon, St. John Chrysostom, The Dispatch | 0 |

On the Readings for Sunday, September 3, 2017 […]

Sinners, Apostles, Martyrs: On the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul

by bcadmin | Jun 29, 2020 | Benedict XVI, Jesus Christ, martyrdom, News, Saint Paul, Saint Peter, The Dispatch | 0 |

Readings: • Acts 12:1-11 • Psa 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 • 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18 • Matthew 16:13-19 One denied Christ after having been chosen by him. The other was chosen by Christ after he […]