In this 14 minute podcast excerpt from the SonRise Morning Show, Anna Mitchell interviews Dr. Italy on the subject of the third pillar of Lenten penance traditionally called Almsgiving but better known as mercy, service or charity. Mercy is love's response to suffering When people think...
Ambrose comments on Paul's Letter to the Galatians and its statement that we are heirs of God, coheirs with Christ, co-heirs who are saved in hope. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he person who puts to death by the Spirit the deeds of our sinful nature...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']J[/dropcaps]esus Christ: "The Measure of True Humanism" Homily delivered by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger during the Mass "for the election of the Roman Pontiff" in St. Peter's Basilica, before the conclave 2in April 2005 which went on to elect him as the...
Augustine, in his commentary on Galatians, here comments on the Apostle Paul’s insistence that Christians are no longer under the law but have received salvation as a free gift of grace. The context is the controversy over whether Gentile converts must be circumsised. The circumsisers...
The Virtues: Seven Habits of Champions by Marcellino D’Ambrosio, Ph.D. www.crossroadsinitiative.com [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']S[/dropcaps]HOW #1: VIRTUE-THE POWER TO BE LIKE CHRIST I. Weakness – strength A. 2 Tim 1:7 “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power and love and...
Irenaeus here comments on the famous line of John's Last Supper discourse in which Jesus tells us that he no longer calls us servants but friends. Friendship with God and service to him leads to immortality. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']O[/dropcaps]ur Lord, the Word of...
Podcast discussing an amazing opportunity to celebrate the end of pandemic confinement - pilgrimage to Fatima & Compostela including a Spain/Portugal River Cruise. It's been a long time that travel and freedom have been restricted due to the Covid-19 pandemic. But restrictions are about to be...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']G[/dropcaps]lory to God in the highest and peace to his people on earth,because the grain of wheat has fallen into the earth and has died. Christ has died in order to reign in heaven. Not only that: by his death...
John the Serene was a bishop of Naples and Early Church Father who here reflects on the famous first verse from Psalm 27: The Lord is my Light and my Salvation. Who shall I fear? [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he Lord is my light and...
Here John Chrysostom praises the zeal of Paul to win the crown of glory and calls us to imitate his example of virtue. It is most appropriate reading for the feast of Saints Timothy and Titus on January 26 since they were among the...