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Today is the feast of St. Ambrose of Milan, Doctor of the Church, who is notable among other things for having been baptized, confirmed, ord...

The historical present establishes that we are inclined at times to treat the past (and at times the future) as an as-it-were/as-if present....

Today is the feast of St. Nicholas of Myra. This is a slightly revised version of a post from 2011. Among Thomas Aquinas's extant serm...

Absolution by St. John Henry Newman O Father, list a sinner's call! Fain would I hide from man my fall— But I must speak, or ...

The Church Fathers often interpret the "burning coal" of Isaiah 6:7 as a type of the Eucharist; for instance, it is a common allus...

Today is the feast of St. John Damascene, Doctor of the Church. From Part II of his Treatise on Holy Images : The wicked serpent of old, B...

Eucharistic The autumn leaves are falling brown and dusty on the road, the winter chill is beating like a hammer on the brain, the sun p...