While seminary life prevents me from being able to post as often as I used it, it also connects me with a whole world of thoughtful, orthodox Catholic thinkers in the form of professors, formators, and fellow seminarians. I wanted to take a moment to highlight one of them, a fellow barbate seminarian for Kansas… Continue reading Could It Be That Jesus Had a Wife?
Tag: liturgical year
Why Bishops Don’t Say, “The Lord be With You”
When we switched to the new translation of the Mass this past Advent, much was said about the fact that now, when the priest says, “The Lord be with you,” we respond, “and with your spirit,” instead of “and also with you.” In a 2005 newsletter announcing this change, the USCCB explained: Eugeniusz Kazimirowski,Divine Mercy (1934) Where… Continue reading Why Bishops Don’t Say, “The Lord be With You”
John Piper v. John Piper on the Apostles’ Creed
Harrowing of Hell (15th c.) The Apostles’ Creed declares that Jesus “was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. On the third day, He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right… Continue reading John Piper v. John Piper on the Apostles’ Creed
This is Christianity.
Charles Péguy Why did He come? And why did the world come into being? One must believe that I have a certain importance, I who am nothing…. How is it possible that I am not great if I’ve messed up so many things in the world, disordered so many things in the world, and such… Continue reading This is Christianity.
Holy Saturday
For Christ also died for sins once for all,the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit; in which he went and preached to the spirits in prison, who formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days… Continue reading Holy Saturday
St. Joseph, Model for Priests
Today is the Feast of St. Joseph, my “name Saint.” We often see St. Joseph held up as a model for men, and in particular for fathers. This is as it should be, since God treats St. Joseph as the head of the Holy Family, which is fascinating, given the other two members of that Family:… Continue reading St. Joseph, Model for Priests
Daily Lenten Poems
An Anglican friend, Bryan Wandel, has put together a great collection of 40 short Lenten poems for each day of Lent. So far, he’s featured gems from John Donne, George Herbert, and the like. For example, on Ash Wednesday, he fittingly chose this excerpt from “Ash Wednesday,” by John Keble: John Keble (1860) … Let us… Continue reading Daily Lenten Poems
Remembering You Are Dust, in the Hope of the Resurrection
Yesterday, as we went up for ashes, there’s a good chance that as he applied them to our foreheads, the priest said, “Remember, man, that you are dust, and to dust you shall return,” a reference to Genesis 3:19. A friend of mine asked how we, as Catholics, should understand this, in light of our belief… Continue reading Remembering You Are Dust, in the Hope of the Resurrection
Where Does Lent Come From, and Why Do We Celebrate it?
Where does Lent come from? How quickly did the Church start celebrating Lent? Why is it forty days? Was it always this long? What role have the popes played in fixing the Liturgical calendar for Lent and Easter? Many of the answers to these questions are found, or at least hinted at, in a recent… Continue reading Where Does Lent Come From, and Why Do We Celebrate it?
Ash Wednesday Motivation
Morning Prayer this morning in the Liturgy of the Hours contained a particularly beautiful prayer for Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent: Grant, O Lord,that we may begin with holy fasting this campaign of Christian service, so that, as we take up battle against spiritual evils, we may be armed with weapons of self-restraint.… Continue reading Ash Wednesday Motivation