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Articles:The End of Advent - Joseph BottumChristmas has devoured Advent, gobbled it up with the turkey giblets and the goblets of seasonal ale. Read more... The Enfleshment of God - Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J.God became man in Jesus Christ for the eternal salvation of all men. How did this take place? What does it mean? Read more... The Eucharist and Culture - Ralph McInernyWhen she was being drawn to the faith, Edith Stein went into a Catholic church and was fascinated by the sight of people coming and going, kneeling for a time in silent prayer and then leaving. Making a visit, in the phrase; coming to adore Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Read more... The Feast of All Saints - Mary Reed NewlandThe Feast of All Saints is one of the greatest of all the feasts because it celebrates what could have been impossible. The cross is a tree that bears fruit. This is the feast of its harvest. Read more... The Glorified Body of Jesus - Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J.After his Resurrection from the dead, Jesus manifested himself to his disciples in different ways and on different occasions. Read more... The Glory of the Lord - Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J.The Nicene Creed says not only that Jesus “will come again” at the end of world history, but it also gives a biblical description of his coming by adding that he will come “in glory”. Read more... The Glue of Tolerance - William E. CarrollIn a world of values rather than virtue, education is seen only as clarification, and tolerance becomes a political and moral absolute. The appeal to tolerance too often deflects us from the important task of examining the rightness or wrongness of our behaviour; thus, it really is no more than a claim for the primacy of “I’ll do as I please.” In this respect, tolerance serves as a kind of moral prophylactic; it offers only a false sense of security from the real dangers to the social order. Read more... The God Of The Founding Fathers: Nature’s God - Rev. James V. Schall, S.J.The “nature’s God” of the American founding was the Christian God, at least in the ethical sphere. In the founders’ view, America was to be a country that was vitally religious but not officially concerned with the theological particulars of any specific religion. Read more... The Goodness of Guilt - Donald DeMarcoThe notion that we can commit sins and become guilty of moral wrongdoing does not sit well with citizens of the post-enlightenment. It clashes with their self-esteem; it is unscientific, unmodern and unfashionable. Yet throughout history the prevailing consensus has been that guilt is a natural human response to one’s deliberate and voluntary complicity in moral wrongdoing. Read more... The Great "O Antiphons" - unknownOn the evening of December 17 the final phase of preparation for Christmas begins with the first of the great "O Antiphons" of Advent. These prayers are seven jewels of liturgical song, one for each day until Christmas Eve. Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 ... [>>] Related Categories:
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