Monthly Archives: March 2009

Pastor’s sermons

I appreciate my pastor’s sermons which always challenge and encourage me. And I really, really appreciate the sermons of my pastor’s pastor’s pastor since while there are many pastors, there are less bishops and few leaders of ecclesial bodies so … Continue reading

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In Christ

Fr Alvin Kimel, in a Called to Communion comment writes: Jeremy, for me the moment of revelation occurred when I realized that salvation simply IS incorporation into the divine life of the Holy Trinity. What else can it ultimately be? … Continue reading

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Responding to Notre Dame

LifeSiteNews has Cardinal George’s official statement: NOTRE DAME, Indiana, March 31, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Speaking as the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, this weekend Cardinal Francis George of Chicago said that the University of Notre Dame’s decision … Continue reading

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Church Planting

Over at Internet Monk, there’s a posting on Church Planting that prompts me to reply: I’m just a Catholic country boy, what do I know, but you guys are confusing me with all this planting stuff. I mean, sure, corn … Continue reading

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The Cult of the State

From David Bentley Hart’s Atheist Delusions, page 196: . . . This same drama, or one very like it, would be played out again and again throughout the history of Christendom, and often-though not always-the temporal power would emerge victorious … Continue reading

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Theotokos

Yes, God is infinitely greater than the Church. However, it is the Church which bears Christ to us, as we grow in understanding.

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The Doctrinal Seed of Scripture

Over at Called to Communion, Tom Riello writes on The Doctrinal Seed of Scripture: Doctrine is borne out of the Church’s life, her reflection and her experience. The doctrine of the Trinity, for example, was not so much a doctrine … Continue reading

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