Monthly Archives: September 2022

Jordan Daniel Wood on St Maximus the Confessor

Posted on 29 September 2022 by Fr Aidan Kimel
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Searching for Our Human Face: Ascension of Human Flesh

Posted on 26 September 2022 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Brian C. Moore, Ph.D. There is a moment after the resurrection when Mary Magdalene comes upon the gardener. Amazed at the disappearance of the body of the beloved, she asks the gardener if he knows what has become of … Continue reading →

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“Through grace God has brought the world into being, and through mercy he guides its affairs”

Posted on 25 September 2022 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Through grace God has brought the world into being, and through mercy he guides its affairs. Although daily we cause grief to his compassion through the variety of our infatuation with evils, yet his love does not cease from devising … Continue reading →

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When God Becomes Jack Bauer: Torture, Hell, and the Greater Good

Posted on 20 September 2022 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Moviegoers of a certain age will vividly remember the torture scene in the classic movie Dirty Harry. Inspector Harry Callahan tracks down the psychopath Scorpio who has kidnapped a teenager and threatened to kill her if a ransom of $200,000 … Continue reading →

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Searching for Our Human Face: Ricercare

Posted on 19 September 2022 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Brian C. Moore, Ph.D. (From my notebooks) Suppose you are a soul standing before the gate of time. You look through the portal and discover two possibilities. In one, you are at ease, surrounded by wealth and respectability. No … Continue reading →

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“To honor the Cross, to raise it up, to sing of Christ’s victory: does this not mean, above all, to believe in the Crucified One and to believe that the Cross is a sign of staggering defeat?”

Posted on 17 September 2022 by Fr Aidan Kimel

On September 14th, for centuries, when the feast of the Elevation of the Cross was celebrated in cathedrals, the bishop would take his place in the center of the church and, surrounded by a great assembly of clergy, would majestically … Continue reading →

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Love Unrelenting

Posted on 14 September 2022 by Fr Aidan Kimel
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“No one is bound to God because they have a series of chips that can be traded to God”

Posted on 13 September 2022 by Fr Aidan Kimel

But the most outrageous of all parables is the Pharisee and the Publican. The Pharisee says, “I thank God I am not as other men . . .” He tells God that he is a good man. And he is. There’s no … Continue reading →

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