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January 2019

January 03, 2019
Hans Urs von Balthasar famously taught that we should hope that everyone will be saved....
January 01, 2019
Saint Basil the Great once challenged his listeners by asking them, “How can I bring...

December 2018

December 31, 2018
We can speak of the truth, because the absolute truth is indeed true. But when...
December 27, 2018
The Matrix Reloaded and The Last Jedi share much in common. Both films were highly...
December 25, 2018
Deep in the heart of a shallow cave, The very author of life was born....
December 24, 2018
We must transcend ourselves. There are many ways in which we are to do this,...
December 21, 2018
Matthew begins his Gospel indicating the relationship of Jesus with King David, and therefore, with...
December 18, 2018
St. Albert the Great, in his reflections upon the eucharist, saw in the story of...
December 17, 2018
In the Mystical Theology, Dionysius taught us about our apprehension of the truth, reminding us...
December 14, 2018
In his exile, St. John Chrysostom wrote letters to his friend and companion, the deaconess...
December 12, 2018
Jesus, warning his listeners to be ever watchful, ever diligent, to preserve the spirit of...
December 11, 2018
“That’s what the truth teaches. Emotion has nothing to do with it. Who cares if...
December 10, 2018
Kataphatic theology, when done right, offers up an approximation for the absolute truth by rendering...
December 07, 2018
On the final Sunday of January, 2014, when Pope Francis, with the help of children,...
December 06, 2018
God is infinite, while all created beings are finite. This is a very traditional philosophical...
December 04, 2018
In the epistle to the Romans, St. Paul references Psalm 14, where the Psalmist declared:...
December 03, 2018
As we engage God, as we grow as a result of that engagement, our understanding...

November 2018

November 29, 2018
The city of Sodom was a city of extreme selfishness and luxury. The people who...
November 27, 2018
“I don’t tell my children about Santa Clause. I don’t want to lie to them.”...
November 26, 2018
“It is self-evident that there is no comparative relation of the infinite to the finite,”...
November 23, 2018
Many people, upon hearing the term “interfaith” or “inter-religious” dialogue, misunderstand what exactly is being...
November 20, 2018
Alexander Schmemann noted that our relationship with God will be manifest in the way we...
November 19, 2018
God reveals himself to us, but what we can apprehend of that revelation is less...
November 16, 2018
It is commonly accepted that St. Paul was not married. This is how his words,...
November 15, 2018
In one of the most important revelations concerning the nature of God in Scripture, God...
November 13, 2018
As California faces the deadliest wildfires in its recorded history, with forty-two people confirmed dead,[1] ...
November 12, 2018
Kataphatic and apophatic theology are two ways we can talk about God. Dionysius, having expressed...
November 08, 2018
When theologizing and philosophizing, we like to use reason to produce unconditional results. We gravitate...
November 07, 2018
In the early years of the Christian faith, Christians found themselves in a rather unusual...
November 05, 2018
When we seek after God, we must realize that we can never comprehend him. Then,...
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