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Christianity Today: Reveling in the Mystery
Folks, I wanted to call to your attention this article published in the September issue of Christianity Today, entitled Reveling in the Mystery, which I think you're going to enjoy. The article was written by D.H. Williams, professor of patristics an...
The Seven Sorrows Devotion
The Blessed Virgin Mary grants seven graces to the souls who honor her daily by meditating on her tears and dolors (sorrows). The Hail Mary is prayed seven times, once after each meditation. This devotion was passed on by St. Bridget.The Seven Graces...
Auf Wiedersehen, Herr Doktor.
Swiss theologian Hans Küng fights his irrelevancy – in vain. Folks, this according to CathNewsUSA:Speaking during the Parliament of World Religions in Melbourne, Australia, Swiss theologian Fr Hans Kung said the Church needs another Vatican counci...
Today\'s the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
Antiphons and concluding prayer from today's Morning Prayer:O Mother, how pure your are, you are untouched by sin; yours was the privilege to carr God within you.The Lord God Most High has blessed you, Virgin Mary, above all the women of the earth.Si...
Radio program on Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel at APM\'s "Speaking of Faith"
Folks, American Public Media's (APM) radio program Speaking of Faith, hosted by Krista Tippet, had a fascinating retrospective on the late Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, aptly entitled The Spiritual Audacity of Abraham Joshua Heschel which I think it ...
Second Sunday of Advent, AD 2009
A Reading from Today’s Office of Readings A commentary on Isaiah by Eusebius of Caesarea A voice of one crying in the wilderness The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight the paths of our God. Th...
