The strictest monks in Catholicism are “Cistercians of the Strict Observance,” usually known as Trappists. They pray six times a day, beginning at 3:30 a.m. Thomas Merton was a Trappist,…
Jesus Christ
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The only way one can speak of the horrendous situation in the world today is if wisdom is stirring in human heart, and not just surging darkness. Otherwise, what’s the…
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World News – A long-running archaeological controversy has been resurrected, thanks to a newly revealed analysis of scrapings from a first-century tomb in East Jerusalem and a bone box attributed to…
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Was the crucifixion the culminating event of Jesus’ mission? Or did things go horribly wrong with his torture and death?
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A distinction is commonly made between “the historical Jesus” and the Christ of Christian belief. That’s valid from a historian’s point of view, but as Christianity and all organized religions…
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World News – A limestone box said to have once held the bones of the brother of Jesus was at the center of the most controversial forgery case in decades —…
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World News – There is a point where I sometimes feel really bad for far left and right wingers and their thoughts about everything. This interview by Fox News with…
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Psychological Revolution, Not Institutional Reform
by Martin LeFevre 2013/06/15As a practicing contemplative and ‘fallen away Catholic,’ I’m both chagrined and amused by the new pope’s recent statement: “In the Curia, there are also holy people, really, there are…