Put out into the deep
If you want to grow deeper in your faith, I’d highly recommend the free courses at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology:
Category: Catholicism
Liturgy of St. James Audio
Quite some time ago in the JP2 Group we studied the Liturgy of St. James. Today I finished recording the text onto MP3::
Liturgy of St. James
Part of my reason for putting these documents onto MP3 is to make it easier for people to understand how the Early Church worshiped. Unfortunately, there are a lot of myths out there about what these early services looked like. Personally, I find it really interesting looking at the development of liturgy through the centuries, growth and continuity:
“Evolution explains life without God”
Trent Horn’s new book Answering Atheism has finally been released. This week is the second-to-last video I’m going to post where Trent responds to the common atheistic claims:
Lemaan Achai
I haven’t posted a Maccabeats video in a while. Time we fixed that with an absolutely gorgeous song inspired by Psalm 122…
Lemaan achai vereai,
Because of my brothers and friends
Adabra na, adabra na,
Let me speak, let me speak –
shalom bach
Peace to you.
Lemaan bait Hashem Elokainu
For the house of The Lord Our God
avaksha tov lach
I will ask for the best to you
Handout from Theology On Tap
As I was driving into work today I realized that I never posted the handout from Theology On Tap. This is a single sheet which broadly outlines the approach to Bible study which I suggested in my talk. Here it is:
Eleventh of the Eleventh
On November 11th in Europe we commemorate the end of World War I and the day is known as Remembrance Day or Armistice Day. At 11am we usually have two minutes of silence in remembrance of those who died.
Grant them eternal rest, Lord,
and let perpetual light shine on them.
You are praised, God, in Zion,
and homage will be paid to You in Jerusalem.
Hear my prayer,
to You all flesh will come.
Grant them eternal rest, Lord,
and let perpetual light shine on them.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
– Mozart’s Requiem Aeternam
Catholic Bucket List #5: Retreat!
The last Bucket List item was to go on pilgrimage. Today’s Bucket List item is related to the previous one:
Catholic Bucket List #5: Go on a retreat
In modern society we are surrounded by noise and we fill our days with business and it’s extremely easy for God to be squeezed out of our day. This is one of the reasons why retreats are so needed. Setting aside a day, a weekend or week to reconnect with God and spend some time with him in prayer can be so good for reestablishing a healthy life balance.
No two retreats are ever the same and there are many different kinds of retreat which one may attend. I would suggest that everyone should go on a silent retreat at least once. I know that if you have never gone on one before, the thought of spending long periods in silence is a terrifying prospect, but believe me, by the end you’ll love it!
A couple of years ago I was actively discerning the priesthood and, as part of my discernment I went on a silent Ignatian Spiritual Exercises retreat given by the Miles Christi priests:
Finding time to get away on retreat can sometimes be difficult, especially if one has children. If so, you might like to take a 3 Minute Retreat!