The Lord’s Koan
The Catechism of the Council of Trent, also known as the “Roman Catechism,” devotes twelve dense pages to explaining the…
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The Catechism of the Council of Trent, also known as the “Roman Catechism,” devotes twelve dense pages to explaining the…
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Randall Smith: Amazing that St. Augustine’s realized that ancient philosophy was overturned by Christ’s birth in a stable in Bethlehem.
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Robert Royal: St. Augustine of Hippo produced a massive amount of material in order to “heal the eyes of the heart.”
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Some time ago, when the peace movement on campus was in high gear, I decided to undertake a survey among my students to find out whether the ideal that had so enraptured them was something they truly understood. My classroom question to them was a model of brevity: “What is peace?” A flurry of hands […]
Saint Augustine, whose feast day is celebrated by the universal Church on August 28th, is “the greatest Father of the Latin Church”, according to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. St. Augustine was a man who underwent a radical conversion, and whose intellect and skill as a pastor and theologian, left a profound impact on Christianity as […]
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St. Augustine: Live always this way, O Christian; if you do not wish to sink into the mire of this earth, do not come down from the cross.
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St. Augustine: Truly did the Prophets announce that Christ would be born; truly did the heavens and angels announce that He had been born.
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James Matthew Wilson: We wander away, through the world. But, gradually, we return to “rest” in God’s eternal love.
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Fr. Robert Imbelli: The Church Fathers urged their first hearers, and now us, to compose our own variations on the inexhaustible Good News.
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Brad Miner briefly relates the story of his decision to become a Catholic: from libertine teenage years until his embrace of the Incarnation at age 25.
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Msgr. Michael Heintz: As we prepare for the holiest week of the year, let us repent of our sins, grow in charity and in hope, and build one another up.
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