Free ebook: 2012 Tuscany Prize for Catholic Fiction

April 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Right now for free on Amazon you can download a selected short story collection as part of the “2012 Tuscany Prize for Catholic Fiction.” I haven’t read them myself yet. “… a new Catholic culture has gradually emerged in the United States, ….The establishment of the Tuscany Prize for Catholic Fiction has called forth that [...]

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Scripture Incarnate: Matthew 1:1

April 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment

I am reading through Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word, Vol. I, Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis’ commentary on the Gospel of Matthew. You can see all of my posts on this subject here. Erasmo’s view of scripture is deeply incarnational. Jesus is the incarnate Word of God; and the purpose of scripture is too bring us [...]

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A Cordial Reading of Scripture

April 1, 2013 By 1 Comment

I have a dirty little secret. I don’t really like reading the Bible all that much. I mean, I’ve read it; all of the New Testament and much of the Old, much of it multiple times. I look at a passage of the New Testament and it tends to go in one eye and out [...]

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