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Vivificat!
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News, opinion, commentary, reflections, and prayers from a personal Catholic perspective in obedience to the Holy See.
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First Sunday of Advent, AD 2009
From today's Office of Readings, a reading from a sermon by St. Cyril of Jerusalem: We do not preach only one coming of Christ, but a second as well, much more glorious than the first. The first coming was marked by patience; the second will br...
My Position on Vatican II
Folks, today I added the following paragraph to my Personal Mission Statement. You might find it interesting: • I receive and treasure the divine, Catholic faith as handed down through the 21 Ecumenical Councils of the Church. The list is here. I w...
Can a Catholic Christian Pray Like a Jew? – Part I
Folks, after several false stars, we continue now with our exploration of Jewish and Christian themes with an examination of Christian and Jewish similarities convergences and divergences on the subje...
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today’s Holy Mass readings: First Reading: Daniel 12:1-3 Psalm: Psalm 16:5, 8-11 Second Reading: Hebrews 10:11-14, 18 Gospel: Mark 13:24-32 ...
Internal Links Revamped
Folks, I’ve created a “satellite” or “auxiliary” blog to store all static or seldom-updated contents listed in the “Internal Links” section on the left sidebar. Also, each entry has now enabled comments so if you want to interact with t...
The survival of the Church is inextricably bound to the survival of Israel
Folks, I’ve been meaning for a while to start a string of posts on Judaism – both biblical and post-biblical – and Judaica in general, but other events sidetracked me. I wanted When Anti-Zionism Turns Into Anti-Semitism which I posted last mon...

