One of the great beauties of the Church is the liturgical calendar and the eternal rhythms to which one becomes attuned One of the realities of writing with the Church rsquo s calendar is that soon you have written on almost every feast day It is a wonderful thing to turn one rsquo s mind to writi

We usually focus on the Visitation Luke 1 39-56 due to the extraordinary meeting not only between Elizabeth and Mary but between Jesus and John both still in the womb It is a nascent meeting of the key players in the culmination of salvation-history Yet it is also important to see this at the

This might seem self-serving but I want to give everyone a warning there is a role for historical critical biblical studies Many theologians Catholic and otherwise decry disparage deprecate and condemn the guild of biblical scholars and the role of historical critical scholarship in understan

Here is the balance one must strike when speaking about the end of the world no I do not think that the world will end tomorrow but yes as a Christian the hope that Christ will return and establish the Kingdom of God is a hope that Christians today and Christians before us cherish as a ground

The past week has been a difficult one for blogging as final papers and final exams pour in It is not necessarily an onerous task it is just that there is so much Writing on the Scripture even in a blog format requires time and thought and for the next week or so that will be given over to gra

Saul rsquo s conversion experience described in the readings for today nbsp is amongst the most shocking events in early Christianity which is saying something but Thomas Aquinas would not call it miraculous as each soul is prepared to receive grace which Paul received in abundance Thomas say