Mystery of Mercy – Gregory the Great

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The mystery of mercy revealed in the sufferings of Christ and our obligation to make that extraordinary mercy known to everyone. Our response must be not only prayer, but evangelization. The connection between the Eucharist in which which receive the blood of Christ...

24 May, 2021 /

Often the Catholic teaching about the Eucharist or the Trinity is described as a mystery.  Is this just a way of avoiding hard questions about things you can't prove?  Some thoughts on what we know and don't know about God and his plan for our...

23 May, 2021 /

This excerpt from 2nd century Church Father, Irenaeus, contains beautiful imagery of the Holy Spirit as the rainfall of God as well as a fascinating allegorical interpretation of parable of the Good Samaritan to illustrate the role of the various persons of the Holy Trinity-...

23 May, 2021 /

An explanation of the movement known as the charismatic movement and the experience called "the baptism of the Holy Spirit" by a theologian who has participated in the movement for over 40 years....

23 May, 2021 /

Hilary of Poitiers, describes how new Christians in 4th Century France typically felt innundated by the gifts of the Holy Spirit upon their baptism, Confirmation, & first Eucharist: a sense of joy and the release of the 7 gifts and charisms....

18 May, 2021 /

This excerpt from Basil the Great's landmark work On the Holy Spirit (AD 360) is a marvelous expression of faith in the Holy Ghost as fully divine, the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity. It also describes the works of the Holy Spirit in the...

18 May, 2021 /

Cyril of Alexandria on the unity of Christians.  Receiving the same sacrament of the Lord's flesh, the Eucharist, and the same Holy Spirit, in baptism and confirmation/chrismation, bind us together in an intimate relationship with God the Father and each another, one body in Christ. [dropcaps...

18 May, 2021 /
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