Translating Scripture is a notoriously difficult enterprise. Not only can someone confront the challenge of rendering ancient idioms and vocabulary into a modern one, there is the perennial debate between dynamic equivalence and a literal translation of Sacred Scripture. Personally,…
No one would dare accuse Pope Francis of being shy and reserved. Once again, the Twitterverse exploded this week with another easily prevented, and unfortunate statement. Pope Francis, it seems, has endorsed ‘the bird.’ And while the identification of the…
We often forget in the life of Our Lord Jesus just how much of the promises made about the Messiah were fulfilled in the context of his own cultic commitments as a pious Jew. There are so many great writers…
Preparedness is the native stance of any organization which knows its ultimate purpose. Many famous persons and institutions are well known and regarded for their ability to tackle various challenges, in accord with rigorous training and discipline. To be truly…
One of the objectives of the Second Vatican Council was to enrich the spiritual lives of the faithful by deeper intimacy with Sacred Scripture. This had been a long time goal of the Roman Pontiffs before this time. In some…
Telling the truth about things always makes you liable to get into trouble with certain people. The famous Greek myth of Cassandra, like so much of the world of myth, presents the eternal paradox that the more genuine a prophet…
There are several teachings in the New Testament which are absolutely puzzling unless you have a view of the Church as simultaneously being the Mystical Body of Christ, and a polity, based upon that fact, with the authority to pass…
On December 8, 2020, Pope Francis in his Apostolic Letter Patris Corde announced the year of Saint Joseph for most of the calendar year 2021, which will be completed on December 8, 2021. This announcement took much of the Catholic…
EDIT: As I was setting up my Breviary for Lent, I noticed that the name of Ash Wednesday in the Latin is in fact Feria IV Cinerum, which does NOT have the significance I thought it did previously. I apologize…
The 14th of September marks the beginning of Liturgical Autumn in the Roman Calendar, with the Feast of the Exultation/Triumph of the Holy Cross. This feast was established in the 4th century, but also commemorates the 7th century victory over…