Understanding Bishop Robert Barron
In the Catholic media bubble, Bishop Robert Barron is more often defined by what he is not than what he…
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by bcadmin | Sep 17, 2022 | 2022, Brad Miner, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Eric Sammons, Hans Urs von Balthasar, James Matthew Wilson, Jesus Christ, Joey Gloor, News, Peter Laffin’s ‘Understanding Bishop Robert Barron’, Pope Francis, Rad-Trad attacks on Bishop Barron, Taylor Marshall, The Catholic Thing, Thomas Merton, Word On Fire, ‘Catholicism’ video series | 0 |
In the Catholic media bubble, Bishop Robert Barron is more often defined by what he is not than what he…
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 12, 2022 | Aldi, Already/Not Yet, Artificial sugar, Chance the Rapper, Cocoa Butter Kisses, Cub Foods, Mother’s affection, News, Seven Story Mountain, simone weil, Thomas Merton | 0 |
Americans are addicted to sugar. And unsurprisingly — it’s added to nearly every normal, everyday processed food or drink you’ll come across at Cub Foods or Aldi, from marinara sauce to granola. As a result, the average American consumes nearly three times more sugar per day than what’s recommended.
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People often ask: What can we do, given all the problems that exist in the Church and the world? Most…
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People often ask: What can we do, given all the problems that exist in the Church and the world? Most…
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Robert Royal: Getting to a better balance between new and old in the Church is going to be an arduous process after decades of division.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 30, 2020 | Bishop Fintan Monahan, Books, Catholic Church, Interviews, lead, News, Thomas Merton | 0 |
Bishop Fintan Monahan, he heads the Diocese of Killaloe in Ireland, was introduced to the writings of Thomas Merton in seminary and said the mid-20th century monk appealed to him due to his “contemporary flavor.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 13, 2020 | contemplation, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News, Thomas Merton | 0 |
The next to last chapter of Thomas Merton’s Seeds of Contemplation (1949) is entitled Contemplata aliis Tradere — roughly translated, “To teach others contemplation.” It’s one of the mottos of the Dominican Order, and it’s drawn from Thomas Aquinas’s Summa. “That form of active life in which a man, by preaching and teaching, delivers to others the fruits of his contemplation,” writes St. Thomas, “is more […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 17, 2020 | Bible, Blaise Pascal, Coronavirus, Frank Sheed, News, Prayer, rosary, Saint Augustine, St. Ignatius Loyola, The Dispatch, Thomas Merton | 0 |
Blaise Pascal said, “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” The great seventeenth-century philosopher thought that most of us, most of the time, distract ourselves from what […]
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