Good Friday & the Via Dolorosa – Podcast

Good Friday & the Via Dolorosa – Podcast

This 14 minute podcast features Anna Mitchell, host of the Sonrise Morning Show, interviewing Dr. Italy on what light his experience in the Holy Land can shed on the events of Good Friday on the Via Dolorosa and Calvary. On Good Friday, Christians remember the passion...

06 April, 2021 / 0 Comments

The Mass as a Sacrifice – Dr. Italy

One of the most hotly contested issues between Protestants and Catholics has been whether or not the Mass, also known as the Lord's Supper and the Eucharist, is a sacrifice.  Dr. Italy here clarifies the issue. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']F[/dropcaps]rom the very outset of...

03 April, 2021 / 0 Comments

Christ’s Presence in Liturgy – Vatican II

Vatican II on the ways Christ is really present in the liturgy and why liturgical prayer has an excellence that surpasses all other devotions and activities of the Church....

03 April, 2021 / 0 Comments

Real Presence & Eucharist in the Early Church – Cyril

This reading on the real presence of Christ's body and blood in the Eucharist as it was taught in the Early Church is by Cyril, bishop of Jerusalem in the middle of the fourth century, and one of the most important sources we have for...

02 April, 2021 / 0 Comments

Eucharist and the Incarnation – St. Hilary

Hilary of Poitiers says the Word became flesh and we receive his flesh in the Lord’s Supper, the sacrament of his body & blood, the Eucharist....

02 April, 2021 / 2 Comments

Sacrament of Unity – Fulgentius of Ruspe

Fulgentius of Ruspe here treats beautifully of the relationship between the unity and charity of the Church and the sacrament of the Eucharist, the sacrament of unity and charity (agape or caritas) leading to spiritual fellowship and communion (Greek koinonia and Latin communio). [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100'...

01 April, 2021 / 0 Comments

Drinking the Cup of the Lord’s Love – Fulgentius

Fulgentius of Ruspe reflects upon the offering of the Holy Sacrifice of the Eucharist. In in imitating the death of our Lord we should walk in newness of life by the power of the Holy Spirit....

01 April, 2021 / 0 Comments

Peace flows from Justice – Vatican II

The Second Vatican Council here teaches that peace is not just an absence of war but is a fruit of justice and love. It can never be established by law alone but depends on virtue that grows and is maintained by constant effort in...

01 April, 2021 / 0 Comments

Anointed with the Oil of Gladness – Cyril of Jerusalem on Confirmation

Bishop of Jerusalem in the mid 4th century, St. Cyril here instructs recently initiated Christians about the holy oil of gladness, called chrism, that make them anointed ones, sharing in the anointing of Christ through the sacrament of confirmation....

01 April, 2021 / 0 Comments

Observing Holy Week – Gregory of Nazianzen

Gregory of Nazianzen here provides us a wonderful guide to meditating on the Passion of Christ in a way that will make Holy Week and the Triduum a life-changing experience. We are enter into the paschal sacrifice by finding ourselves in the various actors...

29 March, 2021 / 0 Comments

His Death is our Hope & Glory – Augustine

Augustine here reflects on the hope and glory of the cross of Christ and the lesson in patience and love contained in the account of Jesus' suffering and death. By his death, Jesus performed the most wonderful exchange with us. Through us, he died;...

28 March, 2021 / 2 Comments