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Category Archives: Patristiblogging
Patristiblogger Project: Augustine on 1 John – Intention
I have been wondering what to do with the blog and I have decided will soon to return to my Patristic roots, my Patristiblogger roots, for a time. I will tackle St. Augustine’s Homilies on the First Epistle of John. … Read More
PASCHALCAzT 51: Easter Thursday – You who arrive only at the eleventh hour
These 5 minute daily podcasts are intended to give you a small boost every day and a little insight into Easter and its Octave. Today is Wednesday in the Octave of Easter. Happy Easter to all! The Roman Station is … Read More
WDTPRS Wednesday 4th Week of a Lent: “He crowns His own merits in us”
COLLECT (2002MR): Deus, qui et iustis praemia meritorum et peccatoribus veniam per paenitentiam praebes, tuis supplicibus miserere, ut reatus nostri confessio indulgentiam valeat percipere delictorum. In the Gelasianum Vetus for Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent we find “Omnipotens … Read More
PODCAzT 109: A dust up in ancient Carthage and parishes that schism
Many dioceses are having to close parishes. Now and then a bishop needs to discipline parishes which go renegade. It sometimes happens that groups of Catholics just go do their own thing. This got me thinking about a sermon of … Read More
The Feeder Feed and a saint who couldn’t stand another saint
I haven’t posted anything about the feeder activity lately. Here is an action shot! This Blue Jay does not like the other flying competition. Mr. Indigo Bunting likes millet. A nice shot of a young female Oriole. Most of the … Read More
The Assumption – from the Patristic Rosary Project
Here is a resumption of my entry in the 2006 Patristic Rosary Project for the: 4th Glorious Mystery: The Assumption We do not know for sure if the Blessed Virgin Mary died and was assumed body and soul into heaven … Read More
Ineffabiliter sapiens, sapienter infans
Yesterday I wrote my column for the Christmas issue of The Wanderer. Inter alia I delved into what St. Augustine said about the eternal Word becoming an infans, "incapable of speech", as the Lord’s way of teaching humility. Augustine explores … Read More
PODCAzT 97: Ambrose to a new bishop; In The Bleak Midwinter
Here is a spur of the moment PODCAzT which I put together in record speed! As I approach 100 PODCAzTs I am trying to figure out what I want to do with these audio projects, change formats, keep going, or … Read More
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