Tuesday, April 09, 2019

Saturday, April 06, 2019

SVOTS Chorale

The Icon

Ancient Faith Blogs: 112. The Icon, Part Two – Iconoclasm, the Seventh Council, and after that by Fr. Bill

Fr. Lawrence Farley on the Charismatic "Renewal"

Ancient Faith Blogs: Why I Am No Longer a Charismatic by Fr. Lawrence Farley
Rorate Caeli: “That which thou dost, do quickly” for the Masquerade is over by Francesco Lamendola
H/T Riscossa Cristiana

Pieces of Biblical History

OrthoChristian/Times of Israel: Tiny First Temple find could be first proof of aide to biblical King Josiah by Amanda Borschel-Dan

Accepting the Narrative and Running With It

Church Life: Faith and the Expanding Universe of Georges Lemaître by Jonathan Lunine

On October 29th of last year, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) voted to recommend renaming Hubble’s Law the “Hubble-Lemaître Law.” That such a vote would take place today—during a...

A Poetic Christ: Thomist Reflections on Scripture, Language, and Reality by Olivier-Thomas Venard, O.P.

T&T Clark

The Gospels Manifest a Poetic Christ by Timothy O'Malley


Fr. Venard's Aquinas Lecture for the DSPT in 2016: Life, Language, and Christ: A Thomistic Approach



Friday, April 05, 2019

Rules for the Intellectual Life

CWR: Rules for Christian Intellectuals, Part I by Dr. Kelly Scott Franklin
For those Christians with an intellectual calling, Fr. Antonin-Gilbert Sertillanges, OP (1863-1948), offers a guide, a method, and a spirituality for that life.

Still a Latinocentric View of Things

Crisis Magazine: Is Vatican II Irrelevant Now? by David G. Bonagura Jr.

Does this mean that the actual teachings of Vatican II will fade into oblivion? Not in the short term, since the Council’s documents and approach have been incorporated into the extensive and widely consulted Catechism of the Catholic Church, which itself was created to rein in the wayward Spirit of Vatican II.

Related:
The Illusory “Success” of Francis, Under the Lens of a Sociologist of Religion (Il Paradosso di Papa Francesco: La Secolarizzazione Tra Boom Religioso e Crisi del Cristianesimo by Luca Diotallevi)

Fr. Alexander Men on the Cross

Pravmir: The Cross Sweetens the Bitterness of Life by ARCHPRIEST ALEXANDER MEN (+1990)
In the morning, finding at least a minute in the midst of your normal daily tasks to stand before His countenance, you will feel how He is gazing at you lovingly and summoning you to labor. God’s blessing is with you in labor during every minute of life. The Kingdom of God, which is coming in power, is established in the heart, for Christ said: The Kingdom of God is within us – come and drink the living water of the Kingdom of Heaven