by Elijah Simmons There are those in the Christian family who have a strange ideal about the nature of the Church. They believe that Christ…
It’s been a busy week here at Concrete Life. I posted about the role Salvation plays in our everyday life in Is Salvation Just an…
If Jesus is the second Adam then Noah could be likened to an Adamic prototype. Instead of being created out of the earth he came…
Sacrifice is the first object lesson we have of Noah coming off the bark. But what is He sacrificing to, but God alone. And…
Today’s quote from St. Thomas Aquinas: Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity…
Those of my friends that have entered into sincere dialogue with me about the Catholic Church get close and begin to shudder in fear, like…
Heaven should be open to all of us. I’m not speaking of some fantastic experience or wonder, as much as a knowing, a seeing, a…
Once there was a Father and a Daughter. When the Daughter was young, she loved her Father more than anything in the world. Compared to…
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading Isa 50:4-9a [4] The Lord hath given me a learned tongue, that I should know how to uphold…
Sometimes when I talk to protestants, I feel like Oliver Twist sticking out his bowl and asking, “Please, sir, can I have more?” I’m hungry!…
