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Category Archives: Patristiblogging
Chrysostom on the calling of Matthew
When I in Rome I often pop into the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi just to have a quick glance at the St. Matthew cycle by Caravaggio. I think right next to the church, so this is easy. One … Read More
Chrysostom on the Paralytic
Attention patristibloggers! St. John Chrysostom has a nice riff on Christ healing the paralytic taken from today’s Gospel reading for Holy Mass in the Novus Ordo (Matthew 9:1-8): Only God could know what is in another’s mind. That Jesus has … Read More
5 July: The Gadarene Demoniacs
In every day and age people make attempts to figure out the "deeper meaning" of the events related in Holy Scripture. Today in the Gospel reading for Holy Mass we have the episode of the Gadarene (or Gerasene) demoniacs (Matthew … Read More
Augustine on Amos’s lion
Today for the First Reading for Mass we have a pericope from the Book of Amos, the prophet (3:1-8, 4:11-12). There is an image of a lion. Augustine expands on Amos’s lion (s. 55.3): ”Lord, You have been our refuge.” … Read More
Seeing is believing: Augustine on Thomas
“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 … Read More
Augustine on Sts. Peter and Paul
This is a great day for the Roman Church and the Catholic Church throughout the world. Let’s get some insight into the importance of Peter and Paul through the writings of St. Augustine. Here is a starter from s. 295. … Read More
Aggiornamento and ressourcement
An esteemed commenter noted in another entry that aggiornamento and ressourcement must go hand in hand in order to be faithful to both. For without ressourcement, aggiornamento loses its bearings, and with out aggiornamento, ressourcement fails to effectively fulfill any … Read More
Of thieves and Nancy Pelosi
While I tip my biretta to Dominic Bettinelli, I do so with irritated amusement. o{]:¬\ I am not irritated at Dominic, of course, but at Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). The Rep from CA did something truly dopey on the floor … Read More
A rant, the Centurion, and frequent Communion
Have you ever kept a ratty old pair of jeans, or maybe a threadbare robe, maybe a pair of shoes that should have long gone to the dump simply because they are familiar? "New and far more useful dish rags … Read More
Fellow patristicists UNITE: Opinion Journal (WSJ) on ICEL
Opinion Journal arrives in my inbox everyday and I look forward to it. Imagine my delight that a fellow patristicist wrote a piece on the recent vote of the USCCB to approve the English translation! Here it is. (Emphasis and … Read More
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