In John 17:11-18, Jesus says to His Father that the Apostles “do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world,” but that as “You sent Me into the world, so I sent them into the world.” We are called as Christians to be in the world but not of it.… Continue reading The Terrifying Record of Modernism
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Some Solid Jewish Humor
One of the courses I’m taking in this, my final semester at Georgetown Law, is Church-State Law, and it’s co-taught by Mark Chopko and Rabbi David Saperstein. Chopko is the former general counsel for the USCCB, while Rabbi Saperstein is the Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, and has a very impressive… Continue reading Some Solid Jewish Humor
Ecumenism and the Adult Children of the Divorce
In the comments after my review of his book, John Armstrong said: My brother the last paragraph is the heart of the matter and the reason you and I have had charitable and useful dialogue online. I think your review is fair except for perhaps one area. You take the Catholics I quote and then… Continue reading Ecumenism and the Adult Children of the Divorce
Shepherds and Singing Sheep
Speaking of music, a reader commented on an older post I wrote on the subject of music. In it, I complained – amongst other things – of the tendency for modern songs to have us singing as God. To my knowledge, you won’t find any Christian songs from more than a few decades ago which… Continue reading Shepherds and Singing Sheep
Hell Froze Over!
Thanks be to God, alleluia, alleluia! And a joyful Easter for all! A solidly orthodox bishop for Los Angeles. As usual: Whispers in the Loggia and American Papist have the scoop. Bishop Jose Gomez, currently Archbishop of San Antonio, is going to stand out as LA’s archbishop for a number of reasons. The media will… Continue reading Hell Froze Over!
Priests as the New Levites
That the New Covenant would include priests was prophesied in the Old Testament countless times. For this post, I’m looking only at the Levitical prophesies: the times when God prophesies that within the New Covenant, He will set apart some (but not all) Christians to serve as His priests, as the new Levites. I. Genesis… Continue reading Priests as the New Levites
The Music of Holy Week and Easter
I’m not musically gifted at all, but I enjoy good music. And the music of this time of the church year is simply unsurpassed. Here are my top three picks — all of them no-brainers — for the best songs of each part of Holy Week. If for some reason your church didn’t play these… Continue reading The Music of Holy Week and Easter
Happy Easter!
I know, I know: perhaps this would have seemed more timely had I remembered to set it to auto-post for yesterday. But for Catholics, Easter is an octave: 8 days from Easter Sunday until next Sunday where we specifically celebrate the Resurrection of Christ. So Happy Not-Technically-Belated Easter! Luke 24:1-12, But at daybreak on the… Continue reading Happy Easter!
Good Friday (Evening)
Mark 15:42-47, When it was already evening, since it was the day of preparation, the day before the sabbath, Joseph of Arimathea, a distinguished member of the council, who was himself awaiting the kingdom of God, came and courageously went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate was amazed that he was… Continue reading Good Friday (Evening)
Good Friday (3 P.M.)
Mark 15:34-41, And at three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Some of the bystanders who heard it said, “Look, he is calling Elijah.” One of them ran, soaked a sponge with wine, put it on a… Continue reading Good Friday (3 P.M.)