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by bcadmin | Nov 22, 2022 | Blessed Sacrament, Catholic Watchmen, Christian philosophers, Christmas Nativity, Church Fathers, Eucharist, Jesus with us, Jesus within us, Mysterium Fidei, News, thanksgiving, Word became flesh | 0 |
Resonating in our hearts to remind us of the joy of the coming season, the supernatural and natural forces of faith and reason dwell within us — as we prepare to celebrate that “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (Jn 1:14).
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 4, 2022 | Church Fathers, Featured, Ignatian retreat, Lynette Graham, News, St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Teresa of Avila, Why I am Catholic | 0 |
I had fallen away from the Catholic Church for most of my adult life.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 23, 2022 | Church Fathers, Featured, News, Sophia Excerpts, The Confessions of Saint Augustine | 0 |
In 2012, Dr. James Papandrea published his textbook introducing beginners to the writings of the early Church Fathers, the key players in the Church from the time of the apostles up to the Council of Nicea (325 A.D.). Papandrea, a convert to Catholicism and professor of Church History and Historical Theology at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary […]
by bcadmin | Mar 8, 2022 | Church Fathers, fasting, Featured, Lives of Saints, News, Prayer & Spirituality, Robert Bellarmine, Saints, Sophia Excerpts | 0 |
The necessity of fasting is twofold, derived from divine law and human law. Of the divine, the prophet Joel speaks: “Be converted to me with your whole heart, in fasting, and in weeping, and in mourning.” The same language is used by the prophet Jonah, who testifies that the Ninevites, in order to appease the […]
by bcadmin | Jun 25, 2021 | Best of Week, Church Fathers, Featured, Mary, News, Saints, St. Irenaeus | 0 |
The Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar celebrates St. Irenaeus of Lyons on June 28th. Born in 130, Irenaeus was a disciple of St. Polycarp, who was a disciple of St. John the Evangelist. This means that St. Irenaeus had a connection to the apostolic Church. He became the bishop of Lyons and was a noted theologian, […]
by bcadmin | Aug 18, 2020 | 2020, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Church Fathers, Columns, Faith Counts, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, John's Gospel, Lake Tiberias, Michael Pakaluk, miracle of 153 fish, News, parables of word and fact, St. Augustine, The Catholic Thing, Tractate on the Gospel of John cxxii | 0 |
Michael Pakaluk on parables of word and fact. A parable in fact is when the Lord does or arranges something that is meant to have a meaning beyond itself.
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