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Category Archives: Augustine
What does ‘On Earth As It Is In Heaven’ mean?
Punctuation can often be misleading, especially when translators are faced with punctuating a text which has no punctuation. And so when we read the Lord’s Prayer in the Gospel of Saint Matthew we are perhaps accustomed to reading the first … Continue reading
Posted in Aquinas, Augustine, Catena Aurea, Lord's Prayer
Tagged Catena Aurea, Lord's Prayer, thy will be done
9 Comments
Slow down, you move too fast!
The lazy hazy days of summer are here and I can’t think of more appropriate advice to give anyone than that which Friar Laurence gave to Romeo: ROMEO O, let us hence; I stand on sudden haste. FRIAR LAURENCE Wisely … Continue reading
The Lord’s Prayer: What Does “Lead Us Not Into Temptation” Mean?
Well… I tried explaining this very thing back in 2017 but as a seasoned teacher, I know the importance of repetition. More than most, I know that, “Repetitio est mater memoriae!” Additionally, (and thankfully!) we classical teachers are an extremely patient … Continue reading
Posted in Aquinas, Augustine, Lord's Prayer, Temptation, The Passion
Tagged εἰσενέγκῃς, lead us not into temptation, Lord's Prayer
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The Prodigal Son and The Prodigal Mind: Our Lord’s Parable for Educators
Our Lord’s parable about the man who had two sons, upon the younger of whom tradition has bestowed the sobriquet ‘prodigal,’ provides an excellent lesson for parents everywhere who are concerned about the education of their children. I have a … Continue reading
Posted in Ambrose, Augustine, Catena Aurea, college, education, liberal education, soul, truth for its own sake
Tagged Creation of Adam, Lent, Prodigal Son, Sabrina, St. Ambrose
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The Sun Shall be Darkened: First Sunday of Advent.
No one can hear the Gospel for the First Sunday of Advent without feeling at least a twinge of dread. I mean, Yikes! People will die of fright in anticipation of what is coming upon the world. Our Lord undoubtedly meant to … Continue reading
Posted in Advent, Ambrose, Aquinas, Augustine, Catena Aurea
Tagged Advent, Christmas, Second Coming, Song of Songs, Sun
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Did You Know That Drinking Milk Is An Excellent Preparation For Eating Meat?
Sometimes St. Paul seems downright condescending! For whereas for the time you ought to be masters, you have need to be taught again what are the first elements of the words of God: and you are become such as have … Continue reading
Posted in aeschylus, Aquinas, Augustine, catholic education, Heraclitus, Homer, Sacred Doctrine, Socrates
Tagged Aquinas, Chateau Margaux, Greek Literature, Heraclitus, Meat, Milk, On Christine Doctrine, Saint Paul
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Newsflash: Just Because You Know What Virtue is Does Not Mean You are Virtuous.
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
Posted in Aquinas, Augustine, liberal education, Newman, Sacred Doctrine
Tagged Aquinas, Aristotle, John Henry Newman, knowledge and virtue, Mother Teresa
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Do Your Children Know the Ten Commandments?
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
Posted in Aquinas, Augustine, Decalogue, Sacred Doctrine, Wisdom
Tagged Aquinas, Augustine, Decalogue, peace, ten commandments
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Did Jesus Really Become Sorrowful?
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
Posted in Aquinas, Augustine, Catena Aurea, Sacred Doctrine, Uncategorized
Tagged Aquinas, Augustine, Hillary of Poitiers, Jerome, Palm Sunday, passion, Propassion
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The Samaritan Woman at Jacob’s Well: Who Were Those Five Husbands?
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
Posted in Augustine, Catena Aurea, classical education, Uncategorized
Tagged Gary Michuta, jacob's well, samaritan woman
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