CBB Giveaway: The Little Flower novel and workbook AND Chiara Corbella Petrillo

August 19, 2016 By Pete Socks

This week we have THREE to give away! One lucky winner will receive a copy of The Little Flower by Mary Fabyan Windeatt and accompanying The Little Flower Workbook sponsored by Tan Books (you can read Laura’s review here) and will receive one copy of Chiara Corbella Petrillo: A Witness to Joy by Simone Troisi and Cristiana Paccini and sponsored by Sophia Institute Press (you can read Julie’s review here). I use Rafflecopter to run my giveaways which makes it simple for you and me! Enter... Read more

Angels are immortal by grace, not by nature, Angels: Day 028

August 18, 2016 By Pete Socks

Angels are immortal by grace, not by nature Attempting to define what an angel is, St. John of Damascus comes to some interesting conclusions. Since angels are created, they’re not naturally eternal. Like us, they have eternal life ahead of them only by the grace of God. An angel is an intelligent being, always in motion, with free will, bodiless, ministering to God, with an immortal nature obtained by grace. Its will is changeable or inconstant: for everything that is created is... Read more

CBB Review: Biblezon Catholic Tablet

August 18, 2016 By Pete Socks

Two years ago I reviewed a technology gadget I immediately fell in love with. It was a 7” tablet, but not just any tablet. This one put Catholic faith right at your fingertips. In referring to the Biblezon Catholic Tablet. In the two years since that review a lot has changed with this versatile tablet and I wanted to bring you up to speed on it. First a disclaimer. I write for Biblezon. I provide Gospel reflections for kids, app... Read more

Angels have knowledge through the Creator, Angels: Day 027

August 17, 2016 By Pete Socks

Angels have knowledge through the Creator Like us, says St. Augustine, angels know things in themselves—that is, by experience of them. But they have a much deeper knowledge in the Word of God, which is always present to their souls and gives them a bright and clear knowledge of all things. The holy angels come to the knowledge of God not by words that they hear, but by the presence in their souls of immutable truth—that is, of the only- begotten... Read more

CBB Review – Chiara Corbella Petrillo: A Witness to Joy

August 17, 2016 By Pete Socks

Review by Julie Abell I hesitated to pick up this book and read it. The cover photo is of a beautiful young woman with a surgical patch over her right eye and with the title Chiara Corbella Petrillo: A Witness to Joy, I assumed it was going to be an incredibly sad story. The authors, Simone Troisi and Cristiana Paccini, friends of Chiara, wrote this story and in the summary on the back cover did not hide the fact that... Read more

Angels are limited; the Spirit is not, Angels: Day 026

August 16, 2016 By Pete Socks

Angels are limited; the Spirit is not Against those who would relegate the Holy Spirit to inferior status, St. Basil the Great points out that Scripture consistently treats the angels as limited be– ings: here but not there, in one place and not another. But the Spirit, as God, is everywhere at once. Of the rest of the powers of Heaven, each is believed to be in a limited place. The angel who stood by Cornelius (Acts 10:3) was not... Read more

Angels are spiritual, but still limited, Angels: Day 025

August 15, 2016 By Pete Socks

Angels are spiritual, but still limited An angel, says St. John of Damascus, is not limited by a physical body the way we are. But angels are still limited; they exist, mentally, in a particular place and at a particular time. Only God is everywhere at all times. The angel, although not contained in place with a particular shape, as a body is, is still said to be in a place because he has a mental presence and energizes in accordance with... Read more

CBB Interview with Father Frank Pavone

August 15, 2016 By Pete Socks

Fr. Frank Pavone is one of the most prominent pro-life leaders in the world. Originally from New York, he was ordained in 1988 by Cardinal John O’Connor, and since 1993 has served full-time in pro-life leadership with his bishop’s permission. He is the National Director of Priests for Life, the largest pro-life ministry in the Catholic Church. He is also the President of the National Pro-life Religious Council, and the National Pastoral Director of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign... Read more

Like the angels, but different, Angels: Day 024

August 14, 2016 By Pete Socks

Like the angels, but different St. Gregory Nazianzen says that we were created as a sort of second world, both earthly and heavenly. Like the angels we have a spiritual nature fit for praising God, but we also have a material nature that learns through suffering. The Creator, the Word took a body from matter that already existed, and placed his own breath in it. And the Word knew that this was an intelligent soul, and the image of God. Thus... Read more

Angels know and do God’s will immediately, Angels: Day 023

August 13, 2016 By Pete Socks

Angels know and do God’s will immediately God spoke the law to humans in a way we could understand—word by word, syllable by syllable, each sound taking up the time necessary for us to hear it. But the angels, St. Augustine says, receive God’s instructions directly in their minds, and they instantly accomplish what God wills them to do. And so it has pleased Divine Providence, as I have said, and as we read in the Acts of the Apostles (7:53)... Read more