Category Archives: Theology

‘for the time being’ – by w.h. auden

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

My favorite Christmas poem, explaining better than anything else I have ever read, the reason for Christmas joy:   Alone, alone, about a dreadful wood Of conscious evil runs a lost mankind, Dreading to find its Father lest it find … Continue reading →

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Found typed on a card in an old st. augustine’s prayer book in the sacristy at holy cross… God forgives you with the generosity of his nature, but your back is turned to him. You have been told that he … Continue reading →

Posted on March 20, 2011 by | 1 Comment

Diabolical Temptations

Posted on February 16, 2011 by

This is a helpful reflection on the sources of temptation. Read, mark, learn, inwardly digest: a minor friar: Diabolical Temptations.

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De Cura Animarum: Anglicans Coming to Terms with Transubstantiation: Why Not Lancelot Andrewes?

Posted on February 10, 2011 by

An interesting discussion of Lancelot Andrewes’ understanding of the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. From Jeffrey Steel, an Andrewes scholar and former Anglican priest, now a Catholic layman: De Cura Animarum: Anglicans Coming to Terms with Transubstantiation: Why … Continue reading →

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Easter Sunday, 2010

Posted on December 23, 2010 by

“Why do you seek the living among the dead?” (Luke 24.5) This is a question we might well ask ourselves. Why do we seek the living among the dead? Continue reading →

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