Category Archives: Augustine

Newsflash: Just Because You Know What Virtue is Does Not Mean You are Virtuous.

Posted on May 21, 2017 by

Now I know that there are many of you who are just naturally charitable.  You easily empathize with the suffering of others and you have a spontaneous instinct to do anything you can to help others carry their crosses and … Continue reading →

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Do Your Children Know the Ten Commandments?

Posted on May 4, 2017 by

Every couple of years I have the opportunity to teach a course on the Ten Commandments to High School seniors and juniors. I always try to start the course with a one-question pop quiz that looks like this: Write down the … Continue reading →

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Did Jesus Really Become Sorrowful?

Posted on April 9, 2017 by

See, O Lord, and consider, for I am become vile… O all ye that pass by the way, attend, and see if there be any sorrow like to my sorrow: Thus Jeremiah laments at the time of the Babylonian captivity, nonetheless, … Continue reading →

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The Samaritan Woman at Jacob’s Well: Who Were Those Five Husbands?

Posted on March 18, 2017 by

The Gospel for the third Sunday of Lent offers a special little gem for the classically minded church-goer. As Jesus is speaking to the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s Well, He tells her that the water in the well will only bring … Continue reading →

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