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Farewell
This is my last ‘From the Pastor’s Desk’ as Pastor of St. Peter’s in The Dalles. Last Sunday was the farewell party and I was touched by the expressions of gratitude that I received, expressions...
Fr. Joseph Levine
Fr. Joseph Levine graduated from Thomas Aquinas College and after a long journey was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Baker, Oregon. He currently serves as pastor of St. Peter Catholic Church in The Dalles on the Columbia River.
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Farewell to St. Peter’s
The 19th century French Dominican, Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire wrote a famous poem about the priesthood. “To live in the midst of the world without wishing its pleasures; to be a member of each family yet...
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Faith, the Indispensable Foundation
I had begun writing about the supernatural organism that is rooted in the life of grace, consisting of the infused theological and moral virtues, together with the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Now that I...
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Supernatural faith and the anti-faith of materialism
The supernatural life begins with faith because faith is the door to the unseen world. Today we live in and have been formed by the world of anti-faith. It is important to recognize that reality...
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Overview of the Supernatural Organism: The Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Sanctifying grace and the infused virtues are supernatural realities that transform and elevate the human soul. They really belong to us; they are ‘ours’. We are the ones who perform acts of faith, hope, and...
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Overview of the Supernatural Organism: The Infused Virtues
I have opened up the subject of the ‘supernatural organism’, the complex of supernatural virtues and gifts that come with sanctifying grace. First, however, I wrote about the natural acquired virtues and their relation to...
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Relation between natural and supernatural virtue
My intention has been to write about the ‘supernatural organism’ that comes with sanctifying grace: the supernatural virtues and the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Nevertheless, grace heals, transforms, elevates, and perfects nature, so before...
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Natural Virtue
Last Sunday I presented the teaching of the Catechism of the Catholic Church on the subject of the grace of justification, which is effectively another name for sanctifying grace. (cf. CCC 1266) Sanctifying grace is...
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Justification of the soul – the key to justice
I have spent more than a year writing about social justice or the right order of human society based upon the order revealed in Eden: the right order of man beneath God, the right order...
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From Social justice to the justified soul
Last Sunday I wrapped up my lengthy series of essays on social justice, the right order of human social life, with my final reflections on the common good, ‘living well together’. In sum I sought...