Friday Frivolity: Christian Mingle Inspector
A lot of my friends have complained about their experiences on Christian/Catholic dating websites. Well, it turns out that John Crist has the solution…
Author: pilgrim
TEA: How I met your Blessed Mother (St. Brigid)
Last night I led Bible study at a local parish and I was asked to give an informal talk beforehand on the Virgin Mary.
My talk was entitled “How I met your (Blessed) Mother” and in it I told a little bit of my story and explained how I overcame my deep-seated resistance concerning Mary and how I ultimately came to embrace the Catholic teaching concerning the Blessed Mother.
Some friends couldn’t make it last night and asked me to record the talk, so for anyone who would like to hear it, the audio is available below.
How I met your (Blessed) Mother (Download)
Wise Words on Wednesday: Earth Crammed with Heaven
“Earth’s crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God; But only he who sees, takes off his shoes…”
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
When Matt encountered God
At the end of last year I was visiting my godson and saw Matt Fradd at the Sunday Liturgy. You might know Matt from The Man Talk, or his podcast, Pints With Aquinas. Here’s an old interview about Matt’s journey home to the Catholic Church:
Music Monday: Come On Home
Come On Home by Brady Troops:
Verse 1:
Haven’t seen you ’round here for awhile
I mentioned your name and I saw him smile
Sittin’ on the front porch waiting x2
Every little one to him belongs
You might be weak but he is strong
Sittin’ on the front porch waiting x2
Chorus:
So come on home, come on home
Though you left, He couldn’t forget
Just just come on home
Verse 2:
Love and pain you’ve known to well
Been backed right down to the gates of hell
Sittin’ on the front porch waiting x2
But mercy’s reach is within your grasp
You’ll find it where you found it last
Sittin’ on the front porch waiting x2
Bridge:
Can you see his eyes, they search for you
Can you feel his cries, they long for you
They long for you, They long for you
Bible Study Tool: Parallel Gospels
When studying the Bible, it’s often helpful to compare different accounts of the same event across the different Gospels. In this way, we can find out what particular kind of details were of interest to each Evangelist. I recently came across this tool on Bible Hub which allows you to do just that:
Worship In The Early Church (Video)
Earlier this week, I gave a talk entitled “Worship In The Early Church”. In case you weren’t able to make it, the event organizer recorded my presentation and put it up on Vimeo:
It is also available here on YouTube: