One of the first things which struck me about the Qur’an the first time I read it was how it can suddenly and jarringly jump to a completely different scene,
I’ve often been told that the Torah and the Injil were only for the Jews. However, two problems: The Pickthall translation doesn’t hide it: He hath revealed unto thee (Muhammad)
John Fontain recently debated David Wood on the Islamic Dilemma, which points out that the Qu’ran both affirms the Torah and Gospel while contradicting them. John has a rather different
Those who attempt to say that the Qur’an teaches the corruption of the earlier scriptures, often appeal to Qur’an 5:48, but this argument turns on the translation of the word
I’m reading through the Qu’ran one last time this year and wanted to follow along with a Tafsir. I discovered Quran Garden which was just the sort of thing I
The Qur’an claims that if it were not from God, there would be many contradictions in it. However, there is one Qur’anic verse which presents an inherent contradiction! In chapter
The sun sets in muddy spring (18:86) Semen comes from between backbone & ribs (86:6-7) Stars are missiles to shoot devils (67:5) If a fly lands in your drink, one
The Qur’an speaks about Allah helping the followers of Jesus and keeping them “uppermost”, but this presents a dilemma since, historically, this has to refer to Trinitarian Christians… which is
It has been a while since I’ve done a “My favourite people” post. Today will just be a short one on one of my favourite comedians, Jim Gaffigan. If you have no idea who this guy is, this short video should give you a feel for what he’s like:
As he mentions in the interview, Jim is Catholic and that naturally spills out over into his comedy, particularly with regards to his material on dating, marriage and especially family:
We’ll be leaving classical music for the next few weeks. I know I’ve shared this video in an earlier Wise Words on Wednesday post, but I think it’s so good, I want to post it again. Here’s Theology Of The Body in a song, Colleen Nixon‘s “You wouldn’t mind”:
My lips aren’t kissable they’re normally chapped
but you wouldn’t mind, baby you wouldn’t mind
My hair is frizzy I don’t straighten it flat
but you wouldn’t mind baby you wouldn’t mind…
…because you love me completely
you won’t separate my body from my soul
I’m so lucky that you chose me
I can’t wait to spend my life with you
My eyes are brown and you don’t wish they were blue
and I’m thankful for that baby, I’m thankful for that
You don’t have to say “I love you” cause you show me you do
and I’m thankful for that baby, I’m thankful for that…
Body and soul, body and soul our love is always becoming
and it’s dependent upon, the way we die to ourselves
and the depth of our commitment to loving the body and soul, body and soul,
I will give and never take
I’m so faint with love for you body and soul, body and soul
I love you body and soul, body and soul
You don’t have to say I love ’cause you show me you do
and I’m thankful for that baby, I’m thankful for that
In the past I wrote a few posts on the subject of marriage, but being without a wedding ring myself, I’ve generally posted the advice of others (including commenters!). Here’s some more advice from someone who knows what they’re talking about 🙂
Today I want to share a quotation I often refer to on the subject of justification and the Protestant doctrine of Sola Fide. Often non-Catholics will tell us (incorrectly) that we believe in salvation by works. For this reason, I think it’s useful to hear what Pope Benedict has to say on the primacy of faith in salvation, and even the sense in which Luther was right, that we are saved by “faith alone”…
Being “just” simply means being with Christ and in Christ. And this suffices. Further observances are no longer necessary. For this reason Luther’s phrase: “faith alone” is true, if it is not opposed to faith in charity, in love. Faith is looking at Christ, entrusting oneself to Christ, being united to Christ, conformed to Christ, to his life. And the form, the life of Christ, is love; hence to believe is to conform to Christ and to enter into his love. So it is that in the Letter to the Galatians in which he primarily developed his teaching on justification St Paul speaks of faith that works through love
– Pope Benedict XVI, Wednesday Audience, 19th November 2008