“Why are you cast down, my soul, why groan within me?  Hope in God; I will praise him still, my savior and my God.”      … Read more “Why Are You Cast Down, My Soul?”

Today is the Solemnity of the Epiphany, when the Church celebrates the arrival of the magi to bestow their gifts and their adoration on the infant Jesus.… Read more “Solemnity of the Epiphany”

It snowed overnight in Knoxville and all across east Tennessee.  It seems we’ve had a white Christmas, after all!  It’s still Christmas, you know.  Depending on which… Read more “A White Christmas, After All!”

I find myself amused by the billboards that read: “Don’t make me come down there! — God.” The people who put up those billboards, don’t they know?… Read more “He Comes to Save”

Today, January 5, is the Memorial of St. John Neumann, Bishop of Philadelphia from 1852 to 1860. John Nepomucene Neumann was born on March 20, 1811 in… Read more “Sanctity in America: St. John Neumann”

Today is the Memorial of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first person born in what is now the United States of America to be canonized a saint… Read more “Sanctity in America: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton”

Yesterday, in my post on St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory Nazianzen, I discussed the heresy of the Arians, who denied the divinity of Christ.  I… Read more “Did Jesus Claim to Be God?”

“Those who are learned will be as radiant as the sky in all its beauty; those who instruct the people in goodness will shine like the stars… Read more “St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory Nazianzen: Teachers of the Truth About Jesus”

Today is the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. There are many titles for Mary, but Mother of God is one of the more ancient and endearing.… Read more “Mary, Mother of God”

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