Gaudium et Spes 22
"The truth is that only in the mystery of the incarnate Word does the mystery of man take on light."
My Latest Podcast Interview with Kale Zelden: The Bourgeois Church of “Watchers” and the Crisis of Morale in the Priesthood
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Louis Bouyer’s Ecclesiology of Service and the “Credibility” of the Church: An Advent Meditation.
In the light of twenty centuries of Christian life and ecclesiology … one point seems obvious, and is, in fact, found beneath most reform suggestions of Vatican II: what most encumbers
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Larry Chapp Interview on the “Open Door” podcast: The Current Situation in the Church and Culture
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Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus: A Reader’s Excellent Email Prompts a Question: Has the Church Erred in the Past or in the Present?
Blog Master’s Note: What follows is a wonderful email I got from a reader who is a convert to Catholicism from Protestantism. Other than that little detail I will
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Dr. Ralph Martin’s Obsession with Bishop Robert Barron. A Response to his Latest Video
“Begin with the beautiful, which leads you to the good, which leads you to truth.” Bishop Barron A friend of mine on Facebook recently tagged on my page a short
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Some Meditations on my Trip to the Abbey of the Genesee: Quo Vadis?
I am back from my short retreat/visit to the Abbey of the Genesee where we were able to visit at length with Fr. John Gribowich, now Fr. Philip Neri.
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Heading out to the Abbey of the Genesee. And a few other odds and ends
Tonight my wife and I will be making the three hour drive to the Trappist Abbey of the Genesee near Piffard, New York. We will be spending the weekend there
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Guest Blog: Thoughts on Spiritual Abuse, Rewilding, and the Discalced Laity
What follows is a guest blog post by Dr. Philippa Martyr, who has posted on here before. This is a follow-up in a way to my last blog post
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The Bourgeois Church of Spectators and the Crisis of Morale in the Priesthood
“What does the word bourgeois actually mean? … The word designates a spiritual state, a direction of the soul, a peculiar consciousness of being.” “The bourgeois, even when he is a
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Podcast Interview with Larry Chapp and Zac Crippen on Zac’s show, “Creedal.” Topic: “The Diary of a Country Priest” by George Bernanos.
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The Destruction of the John Paul II Institute in Rome and Why it Matters
Before I proceed I want to be clear about a few things. I do not think, as some radical traditionalists claim, that Pope Francis is a heretic. Nor do I
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Vatican II and Salvation “Outside” of the Church. Part One: Three Flawed Approaches.
What follows is the first of a multi-part series of posts on the question of Vatican II and salvation outside of the visible Church. It is a long post
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