Hanging in there
Whenever someone is struggling with a family member in some way, Catholic friends will often make mention of of St. Monica..but who was she?
"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
Whenever someone is struggling with a family member in some way, Catholic friends will often make mention of of St. Monica..but who was she?

So we all agree then, both good and bad has been done in the name of religion? So maybe the bigger question is: How do we know what is good and what is bad?
– Milton Jones
I’m feeling pretty basic today, so here’s an hour of Byzantine Chant:
In Scripture the reader is often told to “gird up your loins”, but what does that actually mean?
“…Thus to tell someone to ‘gird up their loins’ was to tell them to get ready for hard work or battle. It was the ancient way of saying ‘man up!’…”
A couple of months ago a reader mentioned David Bentley Hart, an Eastern Orthodox Christian philosopher. I’ve been listening to his lectures online and been quite enjoying them:
