I wrote about Lent several years ago. It’s worth bringing this up every year, I think: For all you Catholics out there, [yesterday was] “Ash Wednesday”. It’s the beginning of the Lent season – the 40… more →
Reformation500wrote 1 month ago: By: Fr. Robert Barron One of the most theologically fascinating and just plain entertaining books I … more →
wrote 1 month ago: What is tradition? Often this is merely a theological question. Something professors ask students to … more →
wrote 3 months ago: I wrote about Lent several years ago. It’s worth bringing this up every year, I think: For all you C … more →
wrote 3 months ago: From the Word of the Day “Let us make man in our image.” (Genesis 1: 26) How should we live this … more →
wrote 3 months ago: This is something that Nathan Rinne picked up on a couple of weeks ago: Earlier in the thread [the “ … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Welcome to timeofthechurch, my blog about the contemporary life of the Catholic Church. It aims to p … more →
wrote 6 months ago: I’m rereading a book by one of the leading theologians at Vatican II, Yves Congar, OP called … more →
wrote 8 months ago: I’ve been reading lately a book by Yves Congar, OP, a leading theologian at the Second Vatican Counc … more →
wrote 8 months ago: On Nov. 13, 2010, the 80-voice Chorus of Niagara from Niagara Falls, Ontario, gave a performance of … more →
wrote 1 year ago: While exploring the recently found blog of theologian Joseph Komonchak, “In verbo veritas … more →
wrote 1 year ago: A fascinating evangelical proposal to return to a medieval "sacramental ontology" A week o … more →
wrote 1 year ago: John 31-37: “Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the … more →
wrote 2 years ago: On March 27, 1963 Cardinal Bea HIMSELF met with Rabbis Marc Tanenbaum and Abraham Heschel, represent … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Christmas Reflection for Wednesday December 29, 2010 As I do each Advent and Christmas (and Lent as … more →
wrote 2 years ago: A light-hearted aside here yesterday brought a typically pertinent response from reader Etienne: I’m … more →
wrote 3 years ago: It’s important to understand, when Catholics and Protestants approach a given topic, they approach t … more →
wrote 3 years ago: The Madonna in Majesty (Maestà), Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence A Definition Literally a … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Jesus said, “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who b … more →
wrote 3 years ago: For all you Catholics out there, today is “Ash Wednesday,” (sorry I’m posting this in the evening). … more →