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God bless Terry from Abbey-Roads for his defense of the Virgin Birth: Believe it or not, there was an enormous Church Council once convened in Ephesus to discuss these matters.  The result of…

From a Sermon by St. Fulgentius of Ruspe: And so the love that brought Christ from heaven to earth raised Stephen from earth to heaven; shown first in the king, it later shone…

In Griswold we assemble a rather large nativity scene that I constructed over several years from polystyrene and decorate with trees, live plants and flowers, dried plants and, this year, with branches from…

I recently posted a video under the title “Male Buffoonery from the Christian Media.”  The comedic vignette portrayed in the video humorously critiques men’s lack of appreciation for their wives in terms of the…

The Kingdom of God is both an internal and external reality, the walls and ramparts of which need to be watched and guarded.  Internally that kingdom is the heart of man.  Externally it…

  I wrote the following essay some weeks ago, but never found time to edit and post it.  Since today is the feast of the Protomartyrs of the Franciscan Order, St. Berard and…

Dawn Eden has written an essay for Headline Bistro about Father Daniel A. Lord, S.J.(1888-1955) and his witness to the value of suffering–a valuable contribution, especially in the light of all the horrific…

An Unlikely critic.  Hats off to him. Further confirmation of my assessment of Barack Obama with St. Francis of Assisi. more about “I Just Saw It On CNN.com“, posted with vodpod Posted in…

The following excerpt is from yesterday’s Wednesday audience of the Holy Father in which he offered a reflection on the life of St. Francis.  This particular passage concerns St. Francis’ meeting with the…

I recently became aware of an exchange between Dr. Mark Lowery and Christopher West that took place in around the turn of the year 2002.  Dr. Lowery’s assessment of Mr. West’s work was…