By Br Eric Wandrey
About seven miles off western coast of Ireland, a lonely island looms out of the sea, the tip of a massive oceanic mountain. 54 acres and 715 feet high, Skellig Michael is home only to a colony of Northern Gannets, but there was a time when this remote outcropping hosted more than seabirds. For over 600 years, it was home to Irish monks who sought complete solitude and close communion with God. More…
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Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation 18
The Pope’s address to the Consistory, followed by a brief reflection and commentary from Biltrix
The Official Story (from Vatican Radio)
A Tale of Two Peters Reply
Sunday Gospel Reflection
“Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch” (Blessed John Paul II). More…
The Words From Heaven: The Theophany After the Baptism of the Lord (Part VI) 4
By Fr Jason Smith
“When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened 22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.” More…
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Great post from Reinkat today. This simple, short post tells me so much.
Check out her previous post on “Sacred Geometry” too. This is true Catholic culture that our religious minds are thirsty for.
Before the Incarnation, there were no images made of God. In fact, it was expressly forbidden. But because God took on flesh and became one of us, He then had a specific appearance in time and place, and thus it is permitted for us to make an icon of God as He appears in Jesus Christ. It has been said this way:
The inconceivable is conceived in the womb of a virgin.
The immeasurable became 3 cubits high; the unqualifiable acquires a quality; the undefinable stands up, sits down and lies down; He who is everywhere is put into a crib.
He who is above time gradually reaches the age of 12; He who is formless appears with the shape of a man and the incorporeal enters into a body.
Therefore, the same is describable and indescribable.
—from the writings of the Desert Fathers: St. Theodore the Studite
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Fool Me 3 Times, HHS Contraception Mandate Won’t Go Away 13
Dissemble [def.]: To disguise or conceal one’s true motives, feelings, beliefs, or intentions, (in other words, to lie); e.g., every one of the government’s proposed “compromises” on the HHS Mandate.
What part of the word “unacceptable” do they still not understand?
Cardinal Dolan released a statement about the Obama administration’s second compromise on the HHS Mandate and contraceptive coverage. In summary: More…
The Unlimited Abortion Act 14
From an email I recently received
Many of you are making probable thinking about the March for Life commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade and yet in the midst of that, as I notified you last week, there have been some serious developments regarding the so called “Reproductive Health Act.” it is important from now on that we refer to this as the “Unlimited Abortion Act”, because More…
There’s a Human Being Growing inside your Stomach? 10
What’s Your Favorite Irreverent Heathen Super Bowl Commercial? Cast Your Vote! 20
Hello Everybody!
Sorry for taking Monday off and not posting anything yesterday. I was busy researching.
I invested hours of time watching the Beyoncé Super Bowl Halftime Ritual over, and over, and over… searching for deep dark illuminati symbolism. Here is what I found: More…
Gospel Reflection: Why Won’t God Do What We Expect? 14
People today are no different than they were 2,000 years ago. We naturally want things to be verified before we assent to them. This natural human disposition even applies to what we expect from God. After all, “God is all powerful and all knowing, so why does he not reveal himself to us clearly, when he obviously could?”
“If you truly are God, save yourself and come down from that cross!” — God’s ways do not always correspond to human expectations
In today’s Gospel, Jesus reveals that he knows our thoughts: “Do here in your native place the things that we heard were done in Capernaum.” More…
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