My Dorothy Day Favorites Part I
The ritual demonstrates a willingness to lose ourselves in the largeness of the thing before us. Ritual is a sign of physical solidarity with the world. Ritual is humanizing and oh so human.
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The Theologian’s Temptation
Here is another quick bit from Henri de Lubac.
The Feast of Pope St. Leo the Great
Pope St. Leo the Great makes it clear that almsgiving is not an option but a necessity for the spiritual life. By it we redeem our sins.
Image of Our Calling
This feast helps us to remember that the great basilicas of the world are physical reminders of the glory that awaits us in heaven, and of the glory which exists within us if only we would clear out the stain of sin and allow Christ’s healing hand to work its craft.
Christ Pantokrator
Oh, the mercy of God is a beautiful thing.
The Social Teaching and Catechesis
The Social Teaching of the Catholic Church is not some optional addendum to the work of catechetics. It is necessary, and it is something which in the patristic age was given “prominence.”
Sts. Crispin and Crispian
This is one of the messages of the Social Teaching of the Catholic Church. Sanctity and evangelization can be found through the labor of everyday life. It is less what you do than the way you do it.
The Passion of St. Paul of the Cross
I would encourage everyone on this day of St. Paul of the Cross to consider Christ crucified, and concentrate on the man on the tree, quivering in pain, solicitous of nothing more from us but the acknowledgment that we do love Him for all he suffers for us.
The Myth of the Self-Made Man
The self-made man is a myth. And the notion that our private property is ours because we are the sole cause of its coming into existence is a fallacy. We are not our own.
The Silence of Love’s Hope: Happy Feast of St. Bruno
At any rate, St. Bruno is an example to us of the kind of simple heart that desires little more than a child does in the middle of the night as they lay in the dark. All along he wished to leave and be alone with Christ, in the brilliant silence of love’s hope.
St. Francis’ Greater Love
Many turn St. Francis into little more than a pagan. He’s a tree hugger, a vegetarian, an eco-radical. But St. Francis understood better than anyone that the gods of merriment lead only to a false world that falls apart.
The Popes And Distribution of Wealth?
The distribution of wealth is something which raises a good many hackles. I was on the radio recently about the …
Education and Liberty, Yes Its Social Justice
The Holy Fathers have spoken of the need to make education available to the poor. It is one of the liberating tools of society, and makes possible solidarity and participation in culture. So is good education social justice? YES!!!
Paradoxes with Henry
Henri de Lubac is just one of the coolest people who ever lived. Paradoxes of Faith is a collection of his short thoughts on various subjects. I want to present some of his thoughts in the chapter “Socialization.”
One Of The Lost Heavenlies
One of the disappointments that I feel over the reform of the Roman calendar is the loss of some of the saints from whom we could learn so much. I’m thinking today of St. Thomas Villanova.