Monthly Archives: July 2006

“Can prayer help?”: Archbishop Martin on Prayer

Posted on 31 July 2006 by catholicsensibility

Bishop Rowell’s recent “Credo” column, excerpted below, was meant to describe a “meaningful pattern of prayer” in response to the skeptic’s question: “But is prayer only a matter of last resort, a cry of desperation or dereliction?” In this post, … Continue reading →

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Bishop Rowell on Prayer

Posted on 31 July 2006 by catholicsensibility

Geoffrey Rowell, the Anglican Bishop of Gibraltar, writes this week’s “Credo” column in the Times. As usual, it is very much worth reading. I’ll provide a couple excerpts below: But is prayer only a matter of last resort, a cry … Continue reading →

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Dei Verbum 22

Posted on 30 July 2006 by catholicsensibility

This section opens out with the hallmark Vatican II statement on the Bible: Easy access to Sacred Scripture should be provided for all the Christian faithful. That is why the Church from the very beginning accepted as her own that … Continue reading →

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Dei Verbum 21

Posted on 29 July 2006 by catholicsensibility

Now the council bishops turn to a final chapter, “Sacred Scripture In The Life Of The Church.” Let’s read it: The Church has always venerated the divine Scriptures just as she venerates the body of the Lord, since, especially in … Continue reading →

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Starting Points

Posted on 29 July 2006 by catholicsensibility

Well, Shawn and I have a few. “If I read you correctly, to you, Church documents and decrees are mere ‘starting points.’ This says something. And yet you then try to claim that it is I whom is over-inflating his … Continue reading →

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Elevation

Posted on 28 July 2006 by catholicsensibility

I sort of called him out, so I’m glad Shawn responded on that thread below about my standing challenge to pick a topic, focus it, and have a two-sided chat about it on some kind of amicable level. Shawn wrote, … Continue reading →

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Making Few Demands

Posted on 28 July 2006 by catholicsensibility

Several days ago I blogged that Evangelical churches are successful not because people are attracted to their strong moral stands, but because they, in fact, make few demands on worshippers. Tony of Catholic Pillow Fight would like to talk about … Continue reading →

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Conference Then Retreat

Posted on 28 July 2006 by catholicsensibility

Blogging will be light over the next few days, then pretty much non-existent till the 10th. I’ll be off on retreat here, and I’m looking forward to it. I’ll be rubbing shoulders with Dick Vosko (among others) this coming week … Continue reading →

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Upgrades Coming Soon I Hope

Posted on 28 July 2006 by catholicsensibility

A question, mostly directed at other bloggers out there: What would be your recommendation for software to upgrade a blog? These are the items I’m interested in doing: – Organizing archives by subject material – Designing my own blog look–something … Continue reading →

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eBay Fame

Posted on 28 July 2006 by catholicsensibility

Remember that kid–the basketball manager who was put in the game with four minutes to go and sunk six three-pointers? Earlier this month Jason’s twenty point performance outpolled Kobe’s 81 to win an ESPY for Best Moment In Sports. 3,000 … Continue reading →

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Complaining

Posted on 28 July 2006 by catholicsensibility

I confess my apathy to commenting on this week’s run-of-the-mill internet fodder on things Catholic, especially liturgy. Too much complaining, and frankly, I’m too busy to bother complaining these days. Except perhaps complaining about the complainers. Here’s a sample: Conservatives … Continue reading →

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This Week at Saturn

Posted on 28 July 2006 by catholicsensibility

Lots of new posts at the Cassini web page. Scientists attempt to size stones and pebbles on Titan. Remember these things are made of water ice, mostly. Careful about using them for your drink, though. Outside of the midwest’s latest … Continue reading →

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Dei Verbum 20

Posted on 28 July 2006 by catholicsensibility

Nothing surprising here: Besides the four Gospels, the canon of the New Testament also contains the epistles of St. Paul and other apostolic writings, composed under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, by which, according to the wise plan of … Continue reading →

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Dei Verbum 19

Posted on 27 July 2006 by catholicsensibility

Here the Church asserts that the gospel authors sifted through material, and used it not for the purpose of the most historical accounting possible, but for the greater good of developing the faith in the apostolic Church. The greatest truth … Continue reading →

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“The Christians of the future will be either mystics …”

Posted on 26 July 2006 by catholicsensibility

I’m off to another wedding in Wisconsin. But, before I leave, I would like to direct your attention to an article by Professor Lawrence Cunningham in the current Notre Dame Magazine. Here are a few excerpts: … The Greek verb … Continue reading →

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