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by bcadmin | Sep 13, 2022 | Constantinople, homilist, News, St. John Chrysostom, The Dispatch | 0 |
Once upon a time, bishops were often chosen by popular acclamation. That is, when the office of bishop was empty and the people had gathered to choose a new one, crowds would shout out the […]
Read Moreby 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 […]
Read Moreby 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.” […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | 2022, Apostle's Creed, Apostolic Succession, basic prayers, Biblical study, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Eucharist, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Jesus wrote no books, Melchor Cano, Michael Pakaluk, Michael Pakaluk's "Nulla Scriptura", News, Nulla Scriptura, sola Scripture, St. John Chrysostom, The Catholic Thing, The Rosary, unity of scripture and tradition | 0 |
Catholics are familiar with arguments that surely “sacred tradition” is needed as a rule for faith besides Sacred Scripture. Isn’t…
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 13, 2021 | Fr. Thomas Dubay, News, Spiritual Canticle, St. Francis of Assisi, St. John Chrysostom, St. John of the Cross, St. John Vianney, St. Teresa of Avila, The Dispatch | 0 |
The great mystic gave us a portrait of his own manner when he sketched out his counsels on how all of us are to behave […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 11, 2021 | Advent, Baptism, G.K. Chesterton, gaudette sunday, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, News, St. John Chrysostom, The Dispatch, Zephaniah | 0 |
Readings: • Zep 3:14-18a • Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6 • Phil 4:4-7 • Lk 3:10-18 “Great joy,” wrote G. K. Chesterton, “has in it the sense of immortality…” Joy, like love, hope, and goodness, cannot […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 13, 2021 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News, Prayer, prayers for the dead, Sophia Excerpts, St. Gertrude, St. John Chrysostom | 0 |
The Church condemns none to eternal torments. She publishes decrees to declare that one is in heaven; she has never published any to declare that another is in hell. The Rev. Father de Ravignan (1795-1858) loved to speak of those mysteries of grace called into existence at the hour of death. His feeling seems to […]
by bcadmin | Sep 23, 2021 | 2021, affluence, birthrates collapse, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Is America better off for being so rich?, Jesus Christ, Mammon, Marriage rates fall, News, paycheck to paycheck, per capita income, rich and poor, social distrust spreads, St. John Chrysostom, Stephen P. White's "Going for Broke", The Catholic Thing | 0 |
By almost any measure, America is the wealthiest nation in the world. Whether compared to other nations of the world…
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 22, 2020 | 2020, adultery, Annunciation, Blessed Virgin Mary, Columns, Doing Justice to St. Joseph, Jesus Christ, Joseph's faith.Joseph's knowledge of Scripture, Matt. 1:19, Michael Pakaluk, News, Pope Francis, St. John Chrysostom, The Catholic Thing, Year of St. Joseph | 0 |
Michael Pakaluk on why Joseph’s thought to divorce Mary “quietly.” Was he intending to avoid shame? Or was it out of love and respect?
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 18, 2020 | Advent, Blessed Virgin Mary, Essay, Features, Fulton Sheen, Incarnation, Jesus Christ, News, Old Testament, Salvation, St. John Chrysostom, The Gloria | 0 |
As our Advent journey draws to a close, we want to consider the last two canticles presented for our prayerful consideration by St. Luke, the Gloria1 and Nunc Dimittis. We now move into the second […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 28, 2020 | Jesus Christ, Matthew's Gospel, New Age movement, News, Saint Peter, Satan, skandalon, St. John Chrysostom, The Dispatch | 0 |
On the Readings for Sunday, September 3, 2017 […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 31, 2020 | 1 Peter, Between the Sundays, daily life, Featured, Hope, joy, Living the Faith, News, preach, St. John Chrysostom, witness | 0 |
“My life, speech, and actions will be those of someone who is living for Someone else.” There’s a famous quote of St. Francis, “Preach the Gospel, and if necessary, use words.” The problem is… he never said that. Even though it’s one of the most …
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