"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
If you’ve ever done Catholic apologetics, you will have almost certainly have come across the former host of Catholic Answers Live, Patrick Coffin. Patrick has recently started a podcast which I’ve been listening and I thought it would be a good time to share the interview he gave on The Journey Home where he describes his own journey of faith:
Even though there is a temptation to compare yourself to celebrities and feel completely inadequate, there is a little bit of a buffer between us and them.
But this is not the case when it comes to jumping on social media and endlessly scrolling through your friends’ lives. The buffer is gone: you know these people, and you see them almost every day. The comparing and competing is no longer just a reality TV; this is your reality – and this time there is no excuse in your mind for not “keeping up”
– Sarah Swafford, Emotional Virtue
This week I’m leading Bible Study at St. Brigid’s, so once again I’m posting my notes for this Sunday’s Mass Readings…
This week’s Readings speaks to both the continuity and discontinuity between the Old and New Testaments, focussing on the idea that morality flows from God, that living a holy life flows from imitation of God.
In honour of St. Valentine’s Day, I present to you some Puritan cards…
Something a little different for today’s “Music Monday”…
A couple of weeks ago I gave a talk at Santa Sophia entitled “Blood & Ink: How the Early Church Conquered the World”. Unfortunately, soon after given the talk, my laptop decided to die, so I couldn’t upload the audio. My laptop is finally fixed, so here you go…
Blood & Ink: How the Early Church Conquered the World (Download)
