Nov
26
Faith is more than mere belief
November 26, 2008 | 1 Comment
Faith is more than mere belief, it is a supernatural gift which exceeds the light of natural reason or the impressions of sentiment. It is more certain than all human knowledge.
St. Thomas clarifies this matter:
Two things are requisite for faith. First, that the things which are of faith should be proposed to man: this is [...]
Nov
24
Eat thy bread with the hungry and needy
November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment
From the Book of Tobias:
Ch. 4:6 And all the days of thy life have God in thy mind: and take heed thou never consent to sin, nor transgress the commandments of the Lord our God. 7 Give alms out of thy substance, and turn not away thy face from any poor person: for so it [...]
Nov
23
Bishop Sheen
November 23, 2008 | 2 Comments
Nov
14
Gone to Croatan
November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Nov
13
The City of God
November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This author recommends the reading of the City of God by St. Augustine. A Roman, he witnessed the days of the unthinkable – the plunder of Rome. I often am reminded of how our history books do great injustice to those events and depict those citizens as primitive and superstitious when in fact their civilization [...]
Nov
13
The Fast of St. Martin
November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
In the old days of the Church a fast from the day after St. Martin’s feast (November 12) until the Vigil of the Nativity was customary. In fact according to the primitive Franciscan Rule, the Rule of 1221, it was part of the penitential observances of the Brothers of Penance, the original secular order of [...]
Nov
11
St. Martin of Tours
November 11, 2008 | 1 Comment
Collect: Father, by his life and death Martin of Tours offered you worship and praise. Renew in our hearts the power of your love, so that neither death nor life may separate us from you. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one [...]
Nov
10
Beyond ideology
November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I would like to share with my readers the Brief Rule of St. Romuald. let us contemplate this and then arise and live it;
Et hanc brevem regulam a magistro Romualdo accepit, quam custodire in vita ipse multum sollicitus fuit:
1. Sede in cella quasi in paradiso;
2. proice post tergum de memoria totum mundum,
3. cautus ad cogitationes, [...]
Nov
3
San Martín de Porres
November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Oct
30
Time Off
October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Business travel and works of mercy dominate the agenda and require my absence from blogging for the next few days.
Please pray the Rosary daily. Get the Liturgy of the Hours and start praying that. It is important that we all engage in the common vocation of prayer because without it we lack the One Thing [...]
