From Epistle to Diognetus – chapter 6
To sum up all in one word–what the soul is in the body, that are Christians in the world. The soul is dispersed through all the members of the body, and Christians are scattered through all the cities of the world. The soul dwells in the body, yet is not of the body; and Christians dwell in the world, yet are not of the world. The invisible soul is guarded by the visible body, and Christians are known indeed to be in the world, but their godliness remains invisible.
Category Archives: Spiritual Things
Lenten Reading Plan – Day 18 – Mar 17
Day18 Church Fathers Lenten Reading Plan 3/17/09
St. Cyprian on the Unity of the Church (Treatise I): Secs. 1-9
Day 18 Lite Version
St. Cyprian: On the Unity of the Church (Treatise I): 1-9
Compilation of Lenten readings
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Great Read
What’s So Great About Christianity by Dinesh D’Souza.
I took this with me while riding my bike. You can go for miles, all the while wishing you could upload D’Souza directly into your brain. He takes on the atheists, the “brights”, modernists, progressives, Darwinists and sundry hogwash. Great discussion of Galileo and his reformation, the Crusades, the Inquisition and Darwin vs. Darwinism.
Ash Wednesday Photo Mosaic
Lenten Plan – Day 2
Day2 Church Fathers Lenten Reading Plan 2/26/09
Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus:1-6
Day 2 Lite Version
Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus: 7-12
Compilation of Lenten readings
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Lent “Forgiving the Living”
“Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.”
“Remember, O man, that thou art dust and to dust thou shalt return”
A Lenten reflection on “Forgiving the Living” a phrase used by Immaculee Ilibagiza in her own story:
Left To Tell, Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
Most of us struggle to forgive, finding it difficult to put aside our bumps and bruises. We savor our wounds as though they give us pleasure. We are a strange lot.
Imagine, if you can, living with the memory of genocide. Not a genocide across the world from you, but surrounding you; a genocide that includes your mother and father, your brothers, friends and all your neighbors in one way or another. Imagine a genocide you can smell and touch and that touches you, that calls your name, hunts you and haunts you.
For thousands in the world today, that is the reality. For one particular soul, Immaculee Ilabigiza, the author of Left to Tell, this reality has sprouted wings. She flies high above her small village in Rwanda living forgiveness, not as a half-hearted effort, but as a mission. A dream, that she believes was given her by God, opened her heart to the world. Her touch is one of grace and healing. Immaculee was left behind to let us know that in order to truly be alive to Life, we can and must forgive by the living grace of God.
Be Holy! 