Catholic Mystery
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The Church as Living Organism, the Church as Mystery . . .
Recently I stammered here a little about the nature of the Church as a Living Organism. And I tried to draw a distinction between the Protestant emphasis on sermons versus the Miracle and Mystery of the Seven Sacraments present in the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches of the East. The Protestant sermon imparts beliefs.…
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Catholic Obedience and New Age Thinking
Roger has recently posted a long piece, on the traditional nature of the Catholicity of Valentin Tomberg. This piece was written largely in response to questions and comments by a reader of the site. Having read the article, I am struck by the theme of obedience, of giving oneself over to the authority of a…
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Catholicism: Living Mystery or Human Label?
In dialoguing with non-Catholics in secular society, the greatest problem will frequently be complete lack of understanding. This can easily arise because – often without realising it – non-Catholics and Catholics have completely different understandings of what the Church is. For within the secular world, the idea has become prevalent that Catholicism amounts to little…
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St. Catherine Labouré and Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
Wonderful, well-researched 1904 account of the Apparition of Our Lady in the Rue du Bac Paris to St. Catherine Labouré.
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The (Secret) World I See (O Catholic Ireland!)
Catholic Ireland, Catholic culture, the Sacraments and the black-out of Catholicism in England and America.
Foreword for Monarchy by Roger Buck
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