Zacchaeus, the Silly Tree, and the Meaning of Life
Readings: • Wis 11:22-12:2 • Ps 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13, 14 • 2 Thes 1:11-2:2 • Lk 19:1-10 “That’s a good question. I’ve never really thought about it.” The remark was made a number of […]
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by bcadmin | Oct 29, 2022 | Book of Wisdom, Jesus Christ, News, St. Augustine, The Dispatch, Zacchaeus | 0 |
Readings: • Wis 11:22-12:2 • Ps 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13, 14 • 2 Thes 1:11-2:2 • Lk 19:1-10 “That’s a good question. I’ve never really thought about it.” The remark was made a number of […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 13, 2022 | Andrew Willard Jones, City of God, City of Man, News, Politics, St. Augustine, The Dispatch | 0 |
Due to its divisiveness, it can be tempting to avoid the topic of politics altogether within the Church and instead focus on the seemingly less controversial issues of faith and spirituality. To avoid politics, however, […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 13, 2022 | Andrew Willard Jones, City of God, City of Man, News, Politics, St. Augustine, The Dispatch | 0 |
Due to its divisiveness, it can be tempting to avoid the topic of politics altogether within the Church and instead focus on the seemingly less controversial issues of faith and spirituality. To avoid politics, however, […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 1, 2022 | Faith, fides et ratio, Jesus Christ, News, Pope John Paul II, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, The Apostles, The Dispatch | 0 |
Readings: • Hb 1:2-3; 2:2-4 • Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 • 2 Tm 1:6-8, 13-14 • Lk 17:5-10 “Lord, I would seek you, calling upon you—and calling upon you is an act of believing in […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 10, 2022 | Books, carivaggio, covid, Features, George Floyd, Gerard Manley Hopkins, News, Paul Mariani, Plato, Poetry, riots, Robert Service, St. Augustine, Winslow Homer | 0 |
The poet, literary biographer, and Catholic spiritual writer, Paul Mariani published his last book of poems, Ordinary Time, in 2019. Much of it written in the aftermath of his recovery from a brain tumor, the […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 17, 2022 | 2022, Bible in Catholic life, Bible Study, Columns, Fr. Jay Scott Newman, Holy Scripture, Jay Scott Newman's "Ignorance of Scripture is Ignorance of Christ", News, Scripture Study, st jerome, St. Augustine, The Catholic Thing, Vatican II’s Dei Verbum | 0 |
Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. This stark judgment of St. Jerome’s on the necessity for each Christian to…
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Read Moreby bcadmin | May 29, 2022 | Acts of the Apostles, Ascension, Gospel of Luke, Incarnation, Jesus Christ, News, Resurrection, St Leo the Great, St. Augustine, The Dispatch | 0 |
“You ascended into glory, O Christ our God, and You delighted the disciples with the promise of the Holy Spirit. Through this blessing, they were assured that You are the Son of God, the Redeemer […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 4, 2022 | Abortion, America, Features, News, Opinion, President Joe Biden, Roe v. Wade, SCOTUS, St. Augustine | 0 |
As reactions to the leaking of the Supreme Court’s draft opinion continue to pour out, the debates over abortion are, once again, at the forefront of our nation’s concerns. And, as expected, the United States […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 20, 2022 | Germany, News, St. Augustine, St. Cyprian, synodal path, The Dispatch, Vatican II, “A Fraternal Open Letter to Our Brother Bishops in Germany" | 0 |
In the golden age of the Catholic episcopate — the days of great Church Fathers like Cyprian of Carthage and Augustine of Hippo in the early and mid-first millennium — bishops were not infrequently in […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 2, 2022 | Jesus Christ, Mercy, News, Pharisees, St. Augustine, The Dispatch | 0 |
Readings: • Is 43:16-21 • Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 • Phil 3:8-14 • Jn 8:1-11 Imagine being caught in a most serious and embarrassing sin, then taken into a crowded public area and placed […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 30, 2022 | Gaudium et spes, just war, News, Patriarch Kirill, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul I, Russia, St. Augustine, The Dispatch, Ukraine, Vatican II, Vladimir Putin | 0 |
Every war is a defeat for humanity, because men and women endowed with reason should be able to resolve their differences without mass violence. Reason, however, can be corrupted by ignorance, passion, ideology, pride, and […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 22, 2022 | Books, Budziszewski, Dante, Features, happiness, interview, News, Religion, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, Umberto Eco, Virtue, wealth | 0 |
Professor J. Budziszewski is the author of numerous books, including What We Can’t Not Know: A Guide (Ignatius Press), Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Treatise on Happiness and Ultimate Purpose (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), as well […]
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