In place of the visio Dei, Christ has a visio mortis as he contemplates the repulsive horror and self-isolation of sin’s selfishness (Alyssa Pitstick, summary,
“Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.” Step 3, from the 12
“ Ye have heard that it hath been said, ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.’ But I say unto you, Love your
“The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the
The rubrics of the Missale Romanum remind us that this “mother of all vigils” is the “greatest and most noble of all solemnities and it is to
It was curious, too, he reflected, that those who insist most upon the claims of Divinity insist also upon the claims of humanity. It seemed
“For what folly can be imagined greater than to neglect that Art, on which depend our highest and eternal interests, whilst on the other hand
It is also necessary—may God grant it!—that in providing others with books to read I myself should make progress, and that in trying to answer
“Human life is sacred because from its beginning it involves the creative action of God and it remains for ever in a special relationship with
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear
As there is a multiplicity of creatures on earth, so there may be other beings, intelligent, created by God. This does not conflict with our
INTRODUCTiON I am an agnostic Jewish scientist who became a Catholic in his senior years, to the horror of many colleagues, the amazement of his
“Science can purify religion from error and superstition; religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Each can draw the other into a wider
“Human life is sacred because from its beginning it involves the creative action of God and it remains for ever in a special relationship with
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the
