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…
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!…
The holy universal Church is one Body, constituted under Jesus Christ its Head … Therefore, Christ, with His whole Church, both that which is still…
Christ started a Church He chose leaders; in fact he stayed up all night choosing them They in turn chose leaders; these leaders chose leaders…
I had a dream a few months ago where I and three others were standing in a line that was heavenly. We had a code over our heads; one amongst us had a perfect code and the three of us were amazed. Yet we stood in the same line as the perfected code.
Over the last two decades I have been a collector of sin in various ways, only this time around much of the sin was not my own, but the sin of others. Like an accumulation of pain and heartbreak. From disappointments to private isolation, from betrayals to rejections.
For a Catholic convert, many challenges and obstacles inevitably arise. Some are predictable, like the protestant pastor who must lay down his calling, or the life-long Christian who is now out-of-step with family and friends. Others suddenly appear just when the road to Rome seems clear. For me, RCIA was one of those obstacles.
