Monthly Archives: February 2010

Missing Communion

Mark Shea writes: … Catholics can be apt to pride themselves on their “deeper” sense of Communion in contrast to this, especially when engaged in apologetics wars on the Internet and such. But I think the counsel of Christ really … Continue reading

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Repent, and believe the Gospel

With conversion, instead, we aim for the high standard of Christian life, we entrust ourselves to the living and personal Gospel, which is Jesus. He is the path we all are called to follow in life, allowing ourselves to be … Continue reading

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The Context of Scripture

From a Called to Communion article: The context of Scripture is not merely within its pages, but is the living organism which is the Body of Christ, i.e. the Church. Since the gospel teaches us that Christ founded a Church … Continue reading

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Sarah Palin’s Friendship

In an article on her blog yesterday, Caroline Glick concludes: Sarah Palin’s emergence as the mouthpiece of populist opposition to Obama presents Israel’s supporters - and particularly Israel’s Jewish supporters - with an extraordinary opportunity and an extraordinary challenge. Palin’s … Continue reading

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The Protestant Ethos

The 20th anniversary edition of First Things has many interesting little snapshots of past articles. One in particular caught my attention: Charlotte Allen’s review of Harvard historian Steven Ozment’s book Protestants: The Birth of a Revolution in her article The … Continue reading

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Sloth & Acedia

Here’s link to an article, by John Zmirik, on sloth and acedia (my besetting sins) : https://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7649&Itemid=48 excerpt: Day in, day out, the same thing over and over again — we seem to feel that burden all at once, and … Continue reading

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Reading Tolkein

Tolkein’s foreward to 2nd edition of The Lord of the Rings has this very interesting comment: But I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so siince I grew old and wary enough to detect its … Continue reading

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