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Ah, some bookblogging at last. I probably should reach back a few months and mention the book I keep forgetting – The Road by Cormac McCarthy. When The Road was first published, I got the impression from the reviews I skimmed that the thematic focus of the book was a  possible messiah-child trekking through an…

You only have one more day to download the very interesting BBC “In Our Time” program on the Divine Right of Kings. I learned a lot – very good context setting, in which you can see how the English thinking about Divine Right in the context of competing with papal claims, etc. You can listen…

CNS reports on encyclical #2: Pope Benedict XVI has completed his second encyclical, a meditation on Christian hope, Vatican sources said. The text, tentatively titled “Spe Salvi” (“Saved by Hope”), is about 65 pages, sources said Oct. 16. No release date has been set for the document. The working title comes from St. Paul’s letter…

Day by day, he’s living out Romans 7. He’s two years old. Our little son Michael is energetic and willful and focused on things of his own choosing – in other words, as I said, he’s two. Sometimes his will conflicts with ours in small ways, sometimes more seriously. Of late, he has started offering…

Some pertinent posts today: Carl Olson has an interview with Fr. Robert Barron of the Archdiocese of Chicago here: (Fr. Barron is known for his evangelization efforts, but the subject of this interview, his new book called The Priority of Christ, is a work of theology, so that’s the topic..but since Christ is the subject…

A conversation with the oldest. Me: So, what are you doing this weekend. Him: (sigh) I don’t know. I might go to a concert tonight. Maybe. The weekend comes, and I’ve just had it. Me: Tired? Him: Yeah, I can barely make it past 2am anymore! It’s unbelievable! Next stop: Early Bird Special, obviously.

In his Friday feature column, John Allen points to questions being raised about  a figure scheduled for beatification: Declaring someone a saint, in Catholic theology, has never meant that he or she lived a perfect life, a point that applies with special force to martyrs. Even great sinners, the church believes, are redeemed by shedding…

Update:  Holy Cross stands firm:  Holy Cross officials stressed that the school, a Jesuit institution, is not affiliated in any way with the conference, but added that it will fulfill its contractual obligations. “Holy Cross in no way supports or endorses Planned Parenthood, NARAL, or other organizations that engage in or promote practices contrary to…

Wonderful thoughts from the Pope on Hilary of Poitiers from today’s GA (Scroll down): In 356, Hilary took part in the Synod of Beziers, in southern France, which he himself called ‘the synod of the false apostles’, since the synod was dominated by Arian bishops who denied the divinity of Jesus Christ. These ‘false apostles’…

Here’s the schedule of celebrations over which the Pope will preside in the next few months, as well as beatifications that will be performed around the world. OCTOBER – Sunday, 21: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Pastoral visit to Naples. RITES OF BEATIFICATION APPROVED BY THE HOLY FATHER – Saturday, 20: At 4 p.m. in…
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