The Revival of Monasticism in the East

The Way of Beauty

CWR: Finding the Way of Beauty by Carrie Gress, Ph.D.
Author and artist David Clayton on living the “via pulchritudinis” in our daily lives.

Way of Beauty (which is being used at the DSPT for a new course)

Still One of My Favorites

CWR Blog: The fearless wit and wisdom of Fr. George William Rutler by K. V. Turley
Fr. Rutler’s writing is filled with fearlessness, and it is the best type of fearlessness: a willingness to perceive the truth of matters.

Stumbled Upon This

2014 Colloquium: Maximus the Confessor as a European Philosopher - program

Day 2 of Sacra Liturgia UK

NLM: Sacra Liturgia UK: Day 2

Is It Good?

The English translation of the Ukrainian Catholic catechism... great title at least.

DCC Lecture Series | Fr. TJ White, OP - God After Darwin: Are Christianity and Evolution Compatible?

The First Greek Orthodox Monastery in Scandinavia

CWR Blog: Cardinal Robert Sarah's address "Towards An Authentic Implementation of 'Sacrosanctum Concilium'"
The following was given on July 5th at the 2016 "Sacra Liturgia" Conference held at The Oratory of St. Philip Neri in London (Brompton Oratory).

Chiesa: “Amoris Laetitia.” Basic Tips For Not Losing the Way

They are formulated by Cardinal Ennio Antonelli, who however asks also for “further guidelines on the part of the competent authority.” To prevent “risks and abuses both among pastors and among the faithful”

Need to Find More Photos

of the Divine Liturgy for the Holy and Great Council

How About Not Ethnic, But Native?

What happened to incultulration?

Pan-Orthodox Music Symposium

Probably Not the Last Word from Dr. John Chryssavgis

A Failure of Political Theology

Is it a Scandal to Factionalize the Church?

Photos of Benedict XVI

St. Sophia's Church, Rome

Cardinal Sarah at Sacra Liturgia UK

NLM: Cardinal Sarah's Inaugural Address at Sacra Liturgia UK by Matthew Hazell



Of course the folks at Pray Tell are pooh-poohing his remarks.

Fr. Schall on the Forgiveness of Sins

“And Those Whose Sins Ye Shall Retain. . .”

Mercy is a secondary issue. It is not needed unless something goes wrong in the world. Christ came for the unjust, not the just. (Luke 5:32) In a sinless world, no one needs mercy. Still, it is not a sinless world, however much we might deny, privately and publicly, that certain sins are not sins.

Before anything needing forgiveness existed, Aquinas held that the universe was created in mercy, not justice. God was not necessitated to create anything. Creation did not occur because God “owed” something to someone in justice. God in creating did understand that free creatures, if He created any of these wobbly types, might well need mercy in addition to justice. So he proceeded with His plan.

Mercy is not “opposed” to justice, as if it makes justice somehow disappear in God and man. It is not either mercy or justice, but both justice and mercy. Mercy comes into play only when justice is requited.