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I was asked by a friend of mine yesterday who will be teaching a course on the Sacraments next semester what books I would recommend. They are as follows: General Sacraments: -"Swear to God: The ...
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My daughter, Lily, was born on Saturday by an emergency c-section with no heartbeat and very little blood. They revived her, but she is now in NICU and has suffered damage to her brain through la...
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Check out my new blog, The Bearded Catholic, a blog about all things bearded, Catholic, and the intersection there between. You can also "like" the Bearded Catholic on Facebook by going here. Spr...
Crucifixion is the most horrific and torturous type of death, perfected by the Romans, to inflict the maximal amount of pain upon the one crucified. This execution consisted of a person being aff...
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"There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion. It can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner. Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to res...
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A good rule of thumb is to not read what Pope Francis says through the lens of the headlines of the mainstream media. If you read a headline that says "Pope Francis thinks Catholics are obsessed ...
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Blackfriar Films, the media division of the Eastern Province of the Order of Preachers, have now gotten into the music video business. Check out their new video for the hymn, "Come My Way". They ...
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...has an awesome Catholic beard! That is all. Have a nice day!
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Outline and Structural Analysis vv. 18-21: Sinai vv. 22-24: Zion, Heavenly Jerusalem vv. 25-26: Warning with passage from Haggai 2:6. v. 27: Explanation of Haggai 2:6 vv. 28-29: Exhor...
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What? You thought there were only 10 reasons why Catholic men should have beards? Au contraire! Since Friday was the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Saturday was the Feast of the Immacula...
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I plan to do a post on 10 Awesome Papal Beards (and yes, I know that "Awesome Beards" is a tautology), but first let us note some Papal Beard Facts. PAPAL BEARD FACT #1: There have been a total o...
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10. William Shakespeare "The Bard" was a corruption of his real nickname: "The Beard" He was Catholic and the greatest playwright to have ever lived. Also, he knew the value of a beard: "He that ...
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I love Pope Francis already! From all appearances and reports, he is a very humble and holy man, truly embodying the spirit of the saint of Assisi, after whom he is named. And I'm not talk...
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Catch up on reading, of course! It is reported that His Holiness, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has brought with him and is currently (re-)reading Hans Urs von Balthasar's The Glory of the Lord: A T...
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It is a sad day for Holy Mother Church. I have a great fondness for Pope Benedict XVI, as it was through reading his works as Cardinal Ratzinger that I started to not only move towards the ...
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In 2003, Vicky Gene Robinson was elected as the first openly homosexual bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA), a branch of the world-wide Anglican Communion, whic...
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As a Catholic looking at Modernity, provided that one is aware of the goings-on around him, the world can seem like a pretty messed up place. And it is. Original Sin has radically effected the st...
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A. Outline and Structural Analysis 54:1-10—The Fecundity of the Barren Wife. 1-3: Call for Jerusalem to rejoice and promise of renewed fertility...
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In the first book of the first part of Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Trilogy, The Glory of the Lord: Seeing the Form, von Balthasar lays out his plan for a theological aesthetics. He envisions his p...
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