The topic for Tuesday, December 24 – Day 40 of our 30 (40) Days of Blogging is CHRISTMAS MEANS CHURCH It's a busy time, but also time for us to state specifically the meaning of Christmas for each of us, and that is The Church. I know you are all busy. I am busy as well, but I challenge you … [Read more...]
The Power of Apostolic Era Hymnography
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon After the words of Jesus himself, the texts of Christian hymnography seem to provide our earliest sources of Christian theology. The Apostolica---the New Testament writings---bear witness to the existence of such hymns (cf. Acts 2:47; 1 Corinthians 14:15,26; Ephesians … [Read more...]
The Fulfillment of Hosea’s Foretold Restoration
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon In his first epistle Peter once describes his audience as God's Chosen People: But you are an elect generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a treasured People, that you may declare the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous … [Read more...]
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