Daily Archives: 3 July 2006

3 July 2006

Prayer for Government

Posted on 3 July 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The following prayer was composed by John Carroll, Archbishop of Baltimore, in 1791.  He was the first bishop appointed for the United States in 1789 by Pope Pius VI.  He was made the first archbishop when his see of Baltimore … Continue reading →

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Seeing is believing: Augustine on Thomas

Posted on 3 July 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

“Love is the eye and to love is to see.”  Thus taught Richard of St. Victor.  A fitting way to introduce a brief piece of a sermon by St. Augustine of Hippo about "doubting" Thomas the Apostle, whose feast is … Continue reading →

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