LET all Pious men and all lovers of God rejoice in the splendor of this feast; let the wise servants blissfully enter into the joy of their… Read more “The Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom”

The Fourteenth Station: Jesus is Laid in the Tomb  +We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you,      Because by your holy cross, you have redeemed… Read more “The Fourteenth Station of the Cross: Jesus Is Laid in the Tomb”

The Thirteenth Station: Jesus Is Taken Down from the Cross  +We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you,      Because, by your holy cross, you have… Read more “The Thirteenth Station of the Cross: Jesus Is Taken Down from the Cross”

The Twelfth Station: Jesus Dies on the Cross +We adore you O Christ, and we bless you,      Because by your holy cross, you have redeemed the… Read more “The Twelfth Station of the Cross: Jesus Dies on the Cross”

Last week, I presented St. Thomas Aquinas’ Argument from Degrees of Perfection.  This week I present an objection to this argument and my response to this objection.… Read more “God Is: An Introduction to the Evidence for the Existence of God, Part 10”

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-violence-idUSKBN17B06U Yesterday, Palm Sunday 2017, two Coptic churches were bombed.  St. George’s Church in Tanta, about 60 miles north of Cairo, suffered a bomb that went off… Read more “Two Coptic Churches Bombed in Egypt on Palm Sunday; ISIS Claims Responsibility”

Eleventh Station: Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross +We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you,      Because by your holy cross, you have redeemed the… Read more “The Eleventh Station of the Cross: Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross”

THE DIVIDED KINGDOM: ISRAEL and JUDAH  Suggested Readings:  1 Kings 12:1-32, 2 Kings 17:13-23, 2 Kings 22:1-23:30, 2 Kings 25:1-21                    The kingdom was divided between… Read more “The Divided Kingdom: Israel and Judah”

“We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in.  Some of us just go one god further.”    Richard Dawkins An… Read more “Am I An Atheist When it Comes to Zeus?”

The Fourth Way of St. Thomas Aquinas. The Fourth Way: The Argument from Degrees of Perfection Among beings, we see that there are some that are more… Read more “God Is: An Introduction to the Evidence for the Existence of God, Part 9”