Ott says that every answer of the Holy Office holds the theological note of at least Sententia Communis. This means that Catholics are bound to accept them unless they have grave cause. Below is the answer of the Holy Office regarding the purpose of Matrimony. Ott also says that since this particular answer goes back to St. Thomas and before, it holds the note of at … [Read more...] about Church Teaching on the Purpose of Marriage
Archives for December 2019
Sermon for St. Stephen’s Day by St. Fulgentius
Sermon of St. Fulgentius, Bishop Yesterday we were celebrating the birth in time of our Eternal King; to-day we celebrate the victory, through suffering, of one of His soldiers. Yesterday our King was pleased to come forth from His royal palace of the Virgin's womb, clothed in a robe of flesh, to visit the world; to-day His soldier, laying aside the tabernacle of the body, … [Read more...] about Sermon for St. Stephen’s Day by St. Fulgentius
Too Great for the Sky: A Chestertonian Christmas Reflection
By Nathaniel Richards There has fallen on earth for a token A god too great for the sky. He has burst out of all things and broken The bounds of eternity: Into time and the terminal land He has strayed like a thief or a lover, For the wine of the world brims over, Its splendour is split on the sand. So begins the first stanza of G.K. Chesterton’s poem, Gloria in … [Read more...] about Too Great for the Sky: A Chestertonian Christmas Reflection
Advent Reflections on the Four Last Things: Hell
Editor's note: this is the fourth in a series. Read the first three parts on death, judgement, and heaven. By Kennedy Hall They asked him: Say then, Scibboleth, which is interpreted, An ear of corn. But he answered, Sibboleth, not being able to express an ear of corn by the same letter. Then presently they took him and killed him in the very passage of the Jordan. And there … [Read more...] about Advent Reflections on the Four Last Things: Hell
The Blinding Light of Darkness
By Jeremiah Bannister "True prayer starts in the darkness, for it is only then and there that we can see the light." -- Fr. Ron Floyd, Vicar of Sacred Heart of Jesus in Grand Rapids, Michigan I opened my eyes in the darkness, deep within the quietude of prayer. I was kneeling in a pew near the narthex, thumbing through the wooden beads of my Little Flower chaplet, when … [Read more...] about The Blinding Light of Darkness