Seven in the Heart, One in the Hand
One commenter pointed out that in my exposition of the Blessed Mother’s courage (“Damsels in Distress“), that my distinction between the masculine courage of action and the feminine courage of...
View ArticleTriumph or Triumphalism
Today at the “9th International Conference on Marian Coredemption” here in Fatima, the first four papers were read, including one by Msgr. Arthur Calkins, renowned Mariologist. His paper is entitled...
View ArticleNewman’s Note on the Hermeneutic of Continuity
On Friday morning Father Edward Ondrako, Ofm. Conv. delivered a paper at the symposium entitled: “Mary and the Church in Newman with and Eye to Coredemption.” He was very insightful in bring to the...
View ArticleGood Friday: An Open Heart
This is the great day of mercy in which the reality of daily life finds its true meaning in the commemoration of the event which is at the center of all history. The preoccupation with “reality” as we...
View ArticleMarian Mysticism
I return now to my series on “mysticism.” You can find the introduction here. I have said that, whether broadly, strictly or narrowly defined, any mysticism that deserves the name Catholic must be 1)...
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