Category: Saint Paul

God, gods, and becoming gods

by bcadmin | Oct 5, 2022 | divinity, God, gods, henotheism, monolatry, monotheism, News, Saint Paul, St. Clement of Alexandria, St. Thomas Aquinas, The Dispatch | 0 |

There is a somewhat hot debate today about whether the Bible teaches there is only one God (monotheism) or whether God is the chief god among many gods (henotheism) but who alone should be worshiped […]

Humility, Wisdom, and Moral Realism

by bcadmin | Aug 27, 2022 | Book of Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Gospel of Luke, James Houston, Jesus Christ, Luke Timothy Johnson, News, Pharisees, Saint Paul, Sirach, The Dispatch, wisdom | 0 |

Readings: • Sir. 3:17-18, 20, 28-29 • Psa. 68:4-5, 6-7, 10-11 • Heb. 12:18-19, 22-24a • Lk. 14:1, 7-14 “Humility,” the Evangelical theologian James Houston once wrote, “is moral realism.” That simple definition stuck with […]

Money, Vanity, and Eternity

by bcadmin | Jul 29, 2022 | Jesus Christ, money, News, rich man, Saint Paul, St. Cyril of Jerusalem, St. John Baptiste de la Salle, St. John Chrysostom, The Dispatch, wealth | 0 |

Readings: • Ecc 1:2; 2:21-23 • Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14, 17 • Col 3:1-5, 9-11 • Lk 12:13-21 I know Christians who believe that people should be able to be as wealthy as they […]

The Heart and the Good Samaritan

by bcadmin | Jul 9, 2022 | Deuteronomy, Dietrich von Hildebrand, Gospel of Luke, Jesus Christ, News, Saint Paul, St. John Chrysostom, The Dispatch, The Law | 0 |

Readings: • Deut 30:10-14 • Ps 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36, 37 • Col 1:15-20 • Lk 10:25-37 “The heart,” wrote St. John Chrysostom, “is the most noble of all the members of our body.” […]

The Trinity: A Mystery for Eternity

by bcadmin | Jun 10, 2022 | De Trinitate, Dorothy Sayers, Incarnation, Jesus Christ, nature, News, persons, Saint Augustine, Saint Paul, The Dispatch, Trinity | 0 |

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 […]

Pentecost Sunday: Three essential truths about the Holy Spirit

by bcadmin | Jun 4, 2022 | Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, News, Pentecost, Saint Paul, St. Romanus the Melodist, The Dispatch, Trinity | 0 |

Readings: • Acts 2:1-11 • Psa 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 • 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 • Jn 20:19-23 “Spirit and fire are united—a true miracle, air and fire are joined together—awesome sight!” So wrote […]

Lessons for Lent from the conversion of St. Paul

by bcadmin | Mar 20, 2022 | Baptism, Cross, Essay, Features, Jesus Christ, Lent, News, Saint Paul, Salvation, suffering | 0 |

Among the numerous lessons for Lent that can be gleaned from reflecting on the conversion of St. Paul, and especially the fruit of that conversion embodied in his teaching, let us focus first on his […]

Ask Your Husband is a superficial, ideological, and incoherent “guide”

by bcadmin | Mar 14, 2022 | Aristotle, Ask Your Husband, Books, Features, Genesis, husband, Marriage, News, Pope Pius XI, Pope St. John Paul II, Saint Paul, Stephanie Gordon, Tan Books, wife | 0 |

Reading Stephanie C. Gordon’s Ask Your Husband: A Catholic Guide to Femininity feels like a meandering stroll down a familiar lane. I was raised in conservative evangelicalism, and Gordon echoes many of the messages I […]

We are called to be fishers of men

by bcadmin | Feb 4, 2022 | Jesus Christ, News, Prophet Isaiah, Saint Paul, St. Ambrose, St. Augustine, The Dispatch | 0 |

Readings: Is 6:1-2a, 3-8 Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-8 1 Cor 15:1-11 or 15:3-8 Lk 5:1-11 God initiates. Man responds. Jesus calls. Man answers. Such is the dynamic relationship at the heart of salvation history […]

The heart of Advent: “Awaken! Remember that God comes!”

by bcadmin | Nov 26, 2021 | Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Eucharist, Lent, News, Parousia, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Leo XIII, Saint Paul, St. Cyril of Jerusalem, The Dispatch | 0 |

Readings: • Jer 33:14-16 • Ps 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14 • 1 Thes 3:12-4:2 • Lk 21:25-28, 34-36 “We preach not one advent only of Christ,” wrote St. Cyril of Jerusalem in the fourth century, […]

The Solemnity of All Saints and the pursuit of holiness

by bcadmin | Nov 1, 2021 | Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman, Blessed Virgin Mary, Holy Eucharist, Jesus Christ, News, Pope St. John Paul II, Saint Josemaria Escriva, Saint Paul, Saint Teresa of Ávila, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, Solemnity of All Saints, St. John the Baptist, The Dispatch | 0 |

Several years ago I was having a mild altercation with one of my high school students. He ended his presentation with this thought: “The reason I hate Catholic school is that you priests and nuns […]

The light of patriarchs, the rule of the fathers

by bcadmin | Jul 13, 2021 | Abraham, Blessed Virgin Mary, Incarnation, Jacob, Jesus Christ, matriarchy, News, patriarchy, Saint Joseph, Saint Paul, The Dispatch | 0 |

Patriarchy has had a ‘bad rap’ in recent years. It seems that no matter what leftist movement we’re talking about, all appear united in a common belief that ‘patriarchy’ is an unequivocal evil which must […]