god’s love – reaching and receiving In order to show love to others we need to first experience love ourselves. Nemo dat quod no habet, No one gives what they don’t have. It goes without saying that everyone desires to be loved. It is a basic human need. There was
of statues, adoration, and real things When I was considering converting to the Catholic Church, I had a hard time getting over the statues. Yes, the saints slapped on coffee mugs and pumper stickers struck me as at least cheesy, but what was with the Catholics and these statues that
revolution and (or?) love Revolution has been a key fixture of society since the 16th century. From the Protestant Revolution to the intellectual revolution of the Enlightenment to the American and French political revolutions, Western man has enshrined the right to revolt against authority, human or divine. Indeed, Americans take
divorce, happiness, and joy One of the cruelest self-delusions of divorcing parents is that “children are resilient.” What is usually meant by that is that children will “recover” from the harm caused by divorce. Those kids, after all, surely want the same thing that their parents want for them: to
kindness is loving, but it’s just too Charity – or love – is not something that is essentially different from justice, even if we think of them that way. Yes, there are times when it may seem we are being charitable instead of being just, but most often what is
viva christo rey “The light shone in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” (Jn 1:5) The word that I am translating here as “overcome” in Greek is καταλαμβανω, which is sometimes translated as understand. It has many ways it can be translated but the one that seems
god’s love – reaching and receiving In order to show love to others we need to first experience love ourselves. Nemo dat quod no habet, No one gives what they don’t have. It goes without saying that everyone desires to be loved. It is a basic human need. There was
of statues, adoration, and real things When I was considering converting to the Catholic Church, I had a hard time getting over the statues. Yes, the saints slapped on coffee mugs and pumper stickers struck me as at least cheesy, but what was with the Catholics and these statues that
revolution and (or?) love Revolution has been a key fixture of society since the 16th century. From the Protestant Revolution to the intellectual revolution of the Enlightenment to the American and French political revolutions, Western man has enshrined the right to revolt against authority, human or divine. Indeed, Americans take
divorce, happiness, and joy One of the cruelest self-delusions of divorcing parents is that “children are resilient.” What is usually meant by that is that children will “recover” from the harm caused by divorce. Those kids, after all, surely want the same thing that their parents want for them: to
kindness is loving, but it’s just too Charity – or love – is not something that is essentially different from justice, even if we think of them that way. Yes, there are times when it may seem we are being charitable instead of being just, but most often what is
viva christo rey “The light shone in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” (Jn 1:5) The word that I am translating here as “overcome” in Greek is καταλαμβανω, which is sometimes translated as understand. It has many ways it can be translated but the one that seems
