For the next week, I’ll be blogging on the most climactic event in all of history: the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead. Is it true? Did the Bible get it right? Are there other plausible alternatives? Wading through Flannery O’Conner, myth-spinning fishermen, Homer’s Iliad, legendary body-snatchers, a crucified Judas, the Battle of Waterloo, and …
For the next seven weekdays, I’ll be blogging on the most climactic event in all of history: the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead. Is it true? Did the Bible get it right? Are there other plausible alternatives? Wading through Flannery O’Conner, myth-spinning fishermen, Homer’s Iliad, legendary body-snatchers, a crucified Judas, the Battle of Waterloo, …
Lectio Divina Bible StudyStephen Binz In his recent exhortation Verbum Domini, Pope Benedict XVI strongly encouraged the practice of lectio divina. No less than sixteen times did he encourage Catholics to embrace this form of meditation which involves prayer, study, and action: “Devote yourself to the lectio of the divine Scriptures; apply yourself to this …
What if your pastor stood up next Sunday and said he wanted to double the size of the parish within one year? That’s exactly what happened at Holy Comforter-St. Cyprian Catholic parish in Washington DC, a predominantly African-American parish. Monsignor Charles Pope made that bold challenge last September and then got to work. He trained forty parishioners …
Here’s (Fr.) Isaiah enjoying his big 3-year-old birthday gift. (Sorry about 0:08 where he’s unsure whether to celebrate versus populum or not. I hope nobody forwards this to Fr. Z. And of course please excuse the Doctor Mickey Mouse missal.)
