In this webinar, biblical scholar Jerry Truex will review developments from the time of Jesus to the formation of the canon of the New Testament.
Why were certain writings included and others not? Come and learn.
Ways of Imperfection, by Simon Tugwell, O.P.. Template, 1985.
This book is a survey of important writers
and themes in Christian spirituality, from the early church through the 14th century, plus Jean-Pierre de Caussade (18th century) and Therese of Lisieux (19th century), and skipping some prominent figures who have gotten plenty of attention elsewhere, like Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross. While the book is "scholarly" in the sense of being grounded in good scholarship, don't be put off by all the endnotes. The chapters are brief (7-15 pages), and the book is well suited to the reader with
a personal religious interest in Christian spirituality. Tugwell is a Dominican, and his own take on this material comes through in a way that is engaging and that keeps the book from reading like a series of encyclopedia entries.
Chapter titles: The Apostolic Fathers. The Desert Fathers. Evagrius Ponticus. Problems about Grace. The Macarian Homilies. Augustine
and Western Controversies about Grace and Baptism. Monastic Rules in the West. Two Spiritual Fathers in the East: Barsanuphius and John. The Christian's "Spiritual Exercise": Guigo II. The Ladder Dismantled: The Lower Rungs. The Ladder Dismantled: The Higher Rungs. Francis of Assisi. Humbert of Romans. Some Themes in English Piety. The Cloud of Unknowing. Julian of Norwich. Jean-Pierre de Caussade. Therese of Lisieux.
Between May 13 and October 13, 1917, three Portuguese children received apparitions of Our Lady at
Cova da Iria, near Fatima, a city 110 miles north of Lisbon. Mary asked the children to pray the rosary for world peace, for the end of World War I, for sinners and for the conversion of Russia. The third visionary, Lucia dos Santos, became a Carmelite nun and died in 2005 at the age of 97.
Mary gave the children three secrets. Since Francisco died in 1919 and Jacinta the following year, Lucia revealed the first secret in 1927, concerning devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The second secret was a vision of hell.
Pope John Paul II directed the Holy See's Secretary of State to reveal the third secret in 2000; it spoke of a "bishop in white" who was shot by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows into him. Many people linked this to the assassination attempt against Saint John Paul II in St. Peter's Square on May 13, 1981.
The feast of Our Lady of Fatima was approved by the local bishop in 1930; it was added to the Church's worldwide calendar in 2002.
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According to premillennialism (those who
believe Christ will return before a thousand years of peace), this is a seven-year period that immediately precedes the return of Christ and the millennial kingdom of His rule which lasts for 1,000 years. It will be a time of great peace (the first 3 years) and great war (the second 3 years) when the Antichrist rules over many nations. At the midpoint of the tribulation (at the end of the first 3 years) the Antichrist will proclaim himself worthy of worship. Many will bow down and worship
the Antichrist, and many will refuse. Those who refuse to worship the Antichrist will be killed. The second half of the tribulation is called the Great Tribulation.
A guy goes to a girl's house for the first time, and she shows him into the
living room. She excuses herself to go to the kitchen to get them some snacks and drinks. As he's standing there alone, he notices a cute little vase on the mantle.
He picks it up, and as he's looking at it, she walks back in. He says, "What's this?"
She says, "Oh, my father's ashes are in
there."
He turns beet red in horror and goes, "Geez, oh . . . I . . ."
She says, "Yeah, he's too lazy to go to the kitchen to get an ashtray."
