Mea culpa…
I know you are all sitting on the edge of your seats, waiting for me to deliver on my promise to write about “Vigor!” (not). It appears that won’t happen today, because as I was searching vigorously for this quote: More…
4 Main Goals of Vatican II 25
I was born the first, so-called, “cradle Catholic” in my family, into a Church of reform. My earliest church-going memories involve images of burlap banners, kumbaya bands singing “Sound of Silence” and “Blowin’ in the Wind” (offertory hymns), and bad, bad architecture. More…
The Mystery of Faith 15
There’s faith, there’s supernatural faith, and then there is the Mysterium Fidei — the Mystery of Faith.
They shall all be taught by God — Isaiah 54:13
The Gospel reading for tomorrow’s liturgy is about the demands of our faith in the Mystery of mysteries, the Mystery of our Faith, the Eucharist. What does it mean to believe with supernatural faith? More…
Saint Lawrence — Service with a Smile 6
August 10, The Feast of St Lawrence
Saint Lawrence Deacon and Martyr — c. 225–258
God loves a cheerful giver — 2 Corinthians 9:7 More…
A Skeptic’s Wager 9
Blaise Pascal
“If we submit everything to reason, our religion will have no mysterious and supernatural element. If we offend the principles of reason, our religion will be absurd and ridiculous.” — Blaise Pascal, Pensées. More…
Inspirational Abortion Survivor Testimony 8
Ask and You Shall Receive! Ask Nicely… Ask Wisely… 9
Unchecked Irony Leads to Despair
Ask and you shall receive! Seek and you shall find! Knock and the door will be opened on to you! For whoever asks, receives. Whoever seeks, finds. And to whomever knocks, the door will be opened.
“So why is it,” many ask, “that I never get what I ask for?” More…
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Blessed feast of the Transfiguration to all of you. Here’s a meditation I wrote based on Rafael’s painting of the Transfiguration. It is a reminder that every moment in our lives is an opportunity to grow in faith.
Blaise Pascal once wrote:
“In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.”
The picture above, taken from the bottom portion of Rafael’s Transfiguration,
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Behind the Cover 12
There is no secret: Biltrix is on a mission. More…
The Scream of Nature 4
Br Fr Joseph Tham, LC
Munch Edward — The Scream
Recently, Edvard Munch’s emblematic painting “The Scream” was sold for $119.9 million, and became the most expensive artwork ever sold at an auction. This painting is one of four similar works by the Norwegian expressionist artist and is also the only one to include a poem on the frame. He explained the inspiration behind this composition: More…
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