by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon If Delilah was even half as pretty as Hedy Lamarr, who played her in Cecil B. DeMilles' 1949 film, it is easy to see why Samson was fascinated. Fascinated too, over the centuries, were those many readers of Holy Scripture who found in the tragic romance of Delilah and … [Read more...]
Paul and the Church vs. Every Marcion Since Then
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon God seems to have chosen the Apostle Paul to demonstrate---arguably more than any other person in Christian history---how the life "in Christ" arrives at insight through experience. That is to say, the reader of the Pauline letters can actually discern, by the study of … [Read more...]
The Lenten Question
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon If there is a single question most appropriate to the approach of Lent, I suggest it is the query "What shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" This is not a fun … [Read more...]
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