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May 2020
Last Sunday, citing Romans 8:28-29, I wrote: “The whole reason why God created this world of time, from the most distant galaxy to the tiniest microbe, has been to lead men to share in the life of the Son of God, to be ‘conformed to his image’; the completion of this work is eternal life. If we have any sort of adequate conception of the greatness of the work that God is undertaking in our regard, then we also can begin to grasp the reason for the greatness of the suffering involved.......
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May 08, 2020
Temporal Punishment and The Goal of Divine Providence
A couple weeks ago I raised the question as to whether or not the pandemic was a “divine punishment”. Immediately I turned to St. Augustine’s “City of God” for insight into the way in which...
May 01, 2020
Divine providence in punishment of general catastropes
Last Sunday I wrote about how St Augustine teaches that temporal goods and evils are enjoyed or suffered by both the good and the wicked, lest anyone think that these goods are the ultimate reward...
January 24, 2020
The Order of the Mass: The Foundation of all Right Order
I have been writing about the principles of social justice. Social justice means nothing if it does not mean the right order of human society. We see the foundational principles of that order in Eden...
December 27, 2019
2020 Book Recommendations
At the end of each year I have had the custom of making book recommendations for the following year. This year, I would like to begin with some remarks about the importance of actually reading....
December 20, 2019
Thank you
As Christmas arrives and the year draws to a close, I would like to say ‘Thank you’ to some of the many people who contribute so much to making St. Peter’s the parish that it...
December 13, 2019
Pope Leo XIII: “Rerum Novarum” – Reveals the Radical Disorder of the Contemporary State
I will not enter too much into what Pope Leo XIII has to say about the State. The reason is that the Pope’s teaching here refers to “the State as rightly apprehended … any government...
December 06, 2019
Pope Leo XIII: “Rerum Novarum” – The Role of the Church in Social Justice
After talking about the importance of the family and the necessity of property for family life, the Pope then speaks of the necessity of the Church in the matter of social justice, boldly declaring: no...
June 22, 2019
Creation and Science: The limitations of science
Last Sunday I gave some advice and admonition regarding keeping the faith during summertime. I noted there that summer is a time in which we enjoy in a special way the good things of God’s...