My girlfriend raised two good points yesterday regarding the placement of people at the Last Supper: (1) Judas sitting on Jesus’ right wouldn’t mean that he was dipping with his left hand. He’d just be reaching across his body to dip. This was pretty obvious, once she said it. I don’t know how I missed… Continue reading An Answer to Yesterday’s Question
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Was Judas at Jesus’ Right Hand at The Last Supper?
Over on Mark Shea’s blog, there’s been a lively, ahem, “discussion,” on how graphic (particularly, how scatological, more or less) Christ can be depicted devoutly. On the one hand, it seems blasphemous (or at least in extremely ill-taste) to talk about Jesus’ bodily functions. But on the other hand, it was St. Augustine who said… Continue reading Was Judas at Jesus’ Right Hand at The Last Supper?
St. Thomas More Delivers The Perfect Homily
I heard one of the most perfect, succinct homilies over lunch today. First of all, today is the Feast Day of Ss. Thomas More and John Fisher. John Cardinal Fisher is the only member of the College of Cardinals to be marytered: like More, he ultimately went to a martyr’s death. [Turns out, my biographical… Continue reading St. Thomas More Delivers The Perfect Homily
The Lord’s Prayer: a View from Above
I was reading Pope Benedict XVI’s Jesus of Nazareth a few months ago, and the thing which struck me the most from that book (and there were lots of really good parts) was his discussion of the Our Father, or Lord’s Prayer, which was commissioned by Christ in Matthew 6:9-13. It’s unique, in that it… Continue reading The Lord’s Prayer: a View from Above
Paul and the Power of Prayer
Eric Bohn said… Good post. A few weeks ago, at a mass honoring St Paul, the reading of the paralytic was read. I couldn’t help but think that Paul was very much like the paralytic with regard to the faith. If I had to guess, I’d say that the people who prayed for Paul were… Continue reading Paul and the Power of Prayer
What the Road to Damascus Taught St. Paul
It’s the year of St. Paul. – for those of you who aren’t aware or are not Catholic, the pope declared a year, from June 28, 2008 to June 29, 2009, to celebrate St. Paul’s unique contributions to the faith. There really is at least a year’s worth of discussion one could do just on… Continue reading What the Road to Damascus Taught St. Paul
Retreat Notes, pt. 4
Properly understood, the Christian world is one of extreme hierarchy, albeit in an unusual way. Christ, God Himself, comes to Earth and model complete obedience to His Father. The Good Shepherd, willing to lay down His life for the sheep, is also the Paschal Lamb of God. All of us, likewise, are called to be… Continue reading Retreat Notes, pt. 4
Retreat Notes, pt. 3
Pt. 3 in a series of notes I wrote during a silent retreat in Boston, VA. These ones are short notes I took down while listening to a sermon (it was silent for us, not for the speakers), so I’ll publish pt. 4 later today. St. Paul was a tentmaker, and believed that a man… Continue reading Retreat Notes, pt. 3
Retreat Notes, pt. 2
Continuing the trend from yesterday, I’m starting the blog out with some notes I wrote in a journal during a silent retreat I went on in mid-February in glorious Boston, VA: There is a tendency among those who think about the Faith to imagine that they must be in the Faith, and must have that… Continue reading Retreat Notes, pt. 2
Retreat Notes, pt. 1
This is the first in a series of entries I wrote in a journal during a silent retreat I went on to Boston, Virginia. If you’ve never heard of it, it’s because it’s scarcely populated. In fact, if you look it up on Google maps, it appears to be just a big road. Don’t let… Continue reading Retreat Notes, pt. 1