The narrow gate (Sunday XXI of Ordered time)

“Christianity, contrary to what we may sometimes be told, is not a religion ‘of the book,’ but rather a religion of the heart… Christianity and Catholicism will always be a love story.”

To reign from a Cross (Sunday XXIX of Ordered time)

“But the souls of the just are in God’s hands, and no torment, in death itself, has power to reach them. Dead? Fools think so; think their end loss, their leaving us, annihilation; but all is well with them. The world sees nothing but the pains they endure; they themselves have eyes only for whatContinue reading “To reign from a Cross (Sunday XXIX of Ordered time)”

Reading through the Book of Job

Now, however, let’s get through the excellent book of Job, so useful to those of us who suffer greatly and without remedy, and find it difficult to understand why the good God doesn’t arrive with some relief at the very least, or even complete healing? Doesn’t God wish our happiness at all times? Well, theContinue reading “Reading through the Book of Job”