If you missed this past Saturday’s show you missed a good one. But ever fear, the archive is here! Karlo Broussard and I discussed miracles and his book Miracles (20 Answers Series from Catholic Answers Book 18). We take a look at some well known miracles such as the eucharistic miracles of Lanciano and Siena. We also cover why these miracles are important to us today and do miracles still happen? You can listen to the show below or download it here. Read more
St. Gregory the Great tells us that our time of waiting here is preparing a richer reward for us. When we love God and long for life among the angels, by waiting our love grows even stronger. “Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!” ( Job 23:3). Those who love still have to wait, so that, because they have loved and wait- ed, they will have stronger title to the reward.... Read more
St. Gregory the Great reads “the chambers of the south” in Job as symbolic of the depths of Heaven. Just as the climate gets warmer the farther south we go, so the deeper we are in Heaven the more we are filled with the heat of the Holy Spirit. “(W)ho made the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the chambers of the south” ( Job 9:9). “The chambers of the south” are those unseen orders of angels, and those unfathomed depths... Read more
When the emperor Theodosius gave orders that resulted in a massacre in Thessalonica, St. Ambrose, bishop of the imperial capital of Milan, refused him communion until he made public penance. He warned the emperor that not even an angel can take away his sin. Only “tears and penitence” can do it. And Scripture tells us that when the people were dying, on the very first day and at dinner time, David saw the angel that struck down the people, and... Read more
St. Pacian reminds us that you’re never so far gone in sin that you can’t repent. The angels are watching and waiting; when you come back, no matter how far you’ve strayed, the angels will rejoice. The book of Revelation also threatens the seven Churches unless they should repent. Now, God wouldn’t threaten those who don’t repent, unless he par- doned those who do. God Himself says, “Remember then from what you have fallen,” and “repent” (Rev. 2:5). And again, “When... Read more
This week one lucky winner will receive a copy of BeDADitudes: 8 Ways to Be an Awesome Dad by Greg Popcak (you can read my review of the book here) sponsored by Ave Maria Press. I use Rafflecopter to run my giveaways which makes it simple for you and me. The contest begins now and ends next Thursday 4/06 with a winner chosen later that day, enter below! a Rafflecopter giveaway Read more
At a time when Arian heretics threatened to take over the Church, St. Ambrose reminds us that the angels themselves have declared that Christ was divine, and that he was to be born of a virgin. But if they will not believe the doctrines of the clergy, let them believe the revealed word of Christ. Let them believe the admonitions of angels who say, “For with God nothing shall be impossible.” Let them give credit to the Creed of the Apostles,... Read more
In case you missed this weekend’s show check out the link below to hear the archived podcast. Greg Popcak and I discuss his excellent, though provoking book on fatherhood BeDADitudes: 8 Ways to Be an Awesome Dad from Ave Maria Press. You can listen to the show below or download it here. Read more
We were created to be in fellowship with angels, says St. Gregory the Great. But our sin keeps us out of Heaven and bound to Earth. How can we help mourning what we’ve lost? “But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of under- standing? Man does not know the way to it, and it is not found in the land of the living” ( Job 28:12-13). In this passage, what does the name “land” mean but the... Read more
St. Augustine says that, when we repent of our sins, our “pain and tears” give birth to a new person, one who belongs in Heaven with Christ and the angels. We lose that heavenly citizenship when we relapse into our old sinful ways. “What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man, that you care for him?” (Ps. 8:4). Every son of man is a man, although not every man is a son of man. Adam,... Read more
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