Saturday, February 18, 2023

"Courage in war and courage of thought are two different courages"

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"I touch upon this subject carefully and rarely.   They are still paralyzed not only by Stalin’s hypnosis and fear, but also by their f...
Sunday, February 12, 2023

Grant that we may become the kinds of people in whom you deign to dwell

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Vat. Reg. lat. 316 I.lxv (p. 90). DigVatLib "O God, who teach us that you abide in hearts that are just and true, grant that we may be ...
Saturday, February 4, 2023

"And sometimes their soul is in a state just like everyone else's."

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Ἄλλοτε ὥσπερ εῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων γίγνεται. Interdum ut quivis hominum fit.       Pseudo-Makarios/Macarius (late 4th/early 5th cent.) , spiritua...

"But behold again a Virgin, a tree, and a death"

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"The Cross is the Father’s will, the glory of the Only-begotten, the Spirit’s exultation, the beauty [( κόσμος )] of the angels, the g...
Sunday, January 15, 2023

in your concord and harmonious love Jesus Christ is sung

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"by your concord and harmonious love Jesus Christ is being sung." ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ ὑμῶν καὶ συμφώνῳ ἀγάπῃ Ἰσοῦς Χριστὸς ᾄδεται.      St....
Monday, January 2, 2023

"we can know the true and unchanging meaning of dogmas"

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". . . it must be stated that the dogmatic formulas of the Church's Magisterium were from the beginning suitable for communicating ...
Sunday, January 1, 2023

"Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?"

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"Sometimes it is necessary to drink a little more, play, jest, or even commit some sin in defiance and contempt of the devil [(atque ad...