Doesn’t being A Christian mean somehow that we have met the risen Christ, that we live now not just for him, but with Him?
Every Easter season we read the passage of Luke’s Gospel about two disciples on their way to Emmaus, a town outside Jerusalem. This Gospel account is about a journey that often […]

A reader sent in a link to a site produced by Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio called The Crossroads Initiative. She reports that she finds it especially useful for Bible study. Dr. D’Ambrosio is well-known as a reliable witness to the Catholic faith, so I am going to add this link to our Adventus list […]

The St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology is a non-profit research and educational institute that promotes life-transforming Scripture study in the Catholic tradition. The Center serves clergy and laity, students and scholars, with research and study tools — from books and publications to multimedia and on-line programming.
Salvationhistory.org is a highly recommended website featuring selected audio […]

People sometimes wonder what the Catholic Church is doing with the Internet. One of the offices at the Vatican, the Congregation for the Clergy, has actually been quite involved, taking advantage of the opportunities the Internet offers. Just recently, the launched a new service: Biblia Clerus, a resource tool for biblical research […]

“A collection of Homilies and talks given by Fr. Jack Durkin.”
I don’t personally know Fr. Durkin, but I found his homilies to be very - hum - different from what we typically hear in our parishes Listen to his latest homily, “The Rich Man’s Steward“, to see what I mean.
Other talks and homilies […]

I’ve heard it said that theological orthodoxy is fundamentally creative, while heterodoxy (i.e. heresy) simply says the same old things over and over. The difference is in their appreciation of mystery. Heresy gets tired quickly of the great Truth, and seeks to replace it with something else. Orthodoxy, on the other hand, […]

OK, let me start by saying that I am going to rate this one an A+. But let me also state that it is NOT simply because I am a Catholic priest, and this book is written by the Pope. In his introduction, Pope Benedict wrote:
It goes without saying that this book is […]

Living the oral transmission of the gospel.

Submission is a daring move in today’s power-hungry society.

True unity demands more than tolerance; it demands real dialogue and trust.