[display_podcast] LECTURE 1 “The State of Christology in the Present Age” Presiding Bishop John Allin introduces John Macquarrie to the House of Bishops’ gathering. In this first of five presentations over five days, Macquarrie subsequently outlines his entire lecture and previews each of the five areas of christology that he will examine. Christ is at … Read more
[display_podcast] Angels and the Catholic Imagination, a homily series HOMILY I | HOMILY III Homily 2 of 3: “Angels and God’s Creative Word” Given at St Paul’s, Riverside, Illinois In last Sunday’s homily on Michaelmas, I offered a five-point outline of the doctrine of angels. Angels are all about God — praising God and “presencing” God. Angels … Read more
Angels and the Catholic Imagination, a homily series HOMILY II | HOMILY III Homily 1 of 3: “Angels are all about God” Given at St Paul’s, Riverside, Illinois on Michaelmas 2013 It is fitting that on this feast of St Michael and All Angels, I have an announcement. This is the first of three homilies on … Read more
If the first Christians were Catholic, it was because of their threefold prayer life (Acts 2:42) seen as the total, systematic means for repentence and baptismal reality taught by Saint Peter and the Apostles. That is the template, or Regula (Rule), of Catholic life; the threefold Regula orders the repeatable dimensions of Baptism by which … Read more
Martin Thornton taught that ordinary devout Christians need, perhaps more than anything, to learn how to meditate upon holy Scripture. To do so is to learn the ancient practice of lectio divina, or “sacred reading” for formation of our lives. Here is his description of the principles involved with meditatively reading the Bible: 1. Bible … Read more
The greatest Benedictine achievement (from this point of view) is the final consolidation of the threefold Rule [Regula] of prayer which is absolutely fundamental to all Catholic spirituality: the common Office (opus Dei) supporting private prayer (orationes peculiares) both of which are allied to, and consummated by, the Mass. To call this the greatest Benedictine … Read more