Neither Lion Nor Dragon
Very beautiful is the statement of Augustine in which he says of his mother Monica that she bound her soul with the chain…
Tag: The Sacrament of the Altar
When Shadows Are Better than Reality: A Devotion for Easter Tuesday on Exodus 15 & 16
“For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come…” (Hebrews 10:1) Who would settle for looking at a…
What Happens to the Sacrament (the Reliquae) after Distribution?
It is not by accident that there is a great deal of reverence in the Divine Service associated with the celebration of the…
Rejoicing in the Violence of the Cross: A Sermon for Gaudete on Matthew 11:2-10
The introduction to this sermon has been adapted from Pastor Ken Kelly’s excellent Gaudete homily. You can read the whole thing at: https://homofactusest.com/2013/12/10/gaudete-rejoice-in-the-lord/. That John…
Does Jesus welcome the mentally disabled to His table? And what about infants?
I’ll lay my cards on the table right at the outset. As to the question about whether Jesus welcomes the mentally disabled to…