My notes from the book: God's permitting will allows suffering to be redemptive and bring people back to God. But God's perfect will, as He is the divine physician, is that all may be healed. "Nazarene Syndrome" = Jesus failed to heal people in … [Read more...]

My notes from the book: General Summary of the Book: Pope Benedict made history by being the first Pope in over 700 years to resign from office. The Catholic Church the world over was stunned. Worn out by corruption in the Church and by an endless … [Read more...]

Click here for a PDF of the Everlasting Man by Chesterton Praise for The Everlasting Man C.S. Lewis credited The Everlasting Man with “baptising” his intellect, much like George MacDonald’s writings had baptized his imagination. This intellectual … [Read more...]

My summary notes from Fr. Thomas Dubay's Deep Conversion/Deep Prayer: For chapter by chapter summaries: (click here) 3 key insights from the book:   1. We have a remarkable resistance to conversion due to sin “There are more people converted … [Read more...]

The following text is from Fr. Thomas Dubay's book,  Deep Conversion/Deep Prayer (pp. 103–105). Fr. Thomas Dubay, in outlining the Surefire Program for deep conversion, gives this spiritual exercise on how we can be more specific in a practical way … [Read more...]

My summary notes from Divine Intimacy: DI 1: The Lord Cometh from Afar Advent is the season of waiting and of fervent longing for the coming of Christ, for an intimate and personal encounter of Christ's coming to our soul daily.  Come, Lord, come! … [Read more...]

Sources used: The Magi by Fr. William Saunders The Magi: Misconceptions and Mythicism by Jon Sorensen Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives by Pope Benedict XVI The Visit of the Magi Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days … [Read more...]

Introduction Purpose = to depict the pattern of Christian thinking as it took shape in the formative centuries of the church's history. Focus =how a Christian intellectual tradition came into being, how Christians thought about the things they … [Read more...]

Are you waiting for God this Advent? Are you eagerly longing the coming of Christ? Often we forget that this is not a 1-sided game, but something entirely different. Lewis helps us see that Christianity is something other than what we commonly … [Read more...]

From Origen: Spirit and Fire: A Thematic Anthology of His Writings by Hans Urs von Balthasar. Chosen texts for Patrology Class. Each section contains a summary and introduction from HUVB. I've included both notes. Word with God The Word of … [Read more...]