This is one in a series from Jaques-Benigne Bossuet's Elevations on the Mysteries, and specifically the Fifth Day. There is more here on the Bossuet Project. And immediately their eyes were opened; and being certain that they were nude, they covered themselves with fig leaves sewn together, and made themselves a girdle; the original door, …
Elevations On The Temptation And Fall Of Man: 5, The temptation and the fall of Adam. Reflections of Saint Paul.
This is one in a series from Jaques-Benigne Bossuet's Elevations on the Mysteries, and specifically the Fifth Day. There is more here on the Bossuet Project. Eve took the fruit and ate it, and gave it to her husband who ate it. Adam's temptation and fall pass in a few words. The first and most …
Elevations On The Temptation And Fall Of Man: 4, Answer of Eve and reply of Satan who reveals himself.
This is one in a series from Jaques-Benigne Bossuet's Elevations on the Mysteries, and specifically the Fifth Day. There is more here on the Bossuet Project. We eat all the fruits of paradise; but, for the tree in the middle, God forbade us to eat the fruit and touch it, on pain of death. Such …
Elevations On The Temptation And Fall Of Man: 3, The tempter proceeds by underhanded questioning to first produce a doubt.
This is one in a series from Jaques-Benigne Bossuet's Elevations on the Mysteries, and specifically the Fifth Day. There is more here on the Bossuet Project. Why did the Lord forbid you to eat from this tree? and a little after: You will not die. The result of these words shows that he wanted to …
Elevations On The Temptation And Fall Of Man: 2, The temptation. Eve is attacked before Adam.
This is one in a series from Jaques-Benigne Bossuet's Elevations on the Mysteries, and specifically the Fifth Day. There is more here on the Bossuet Project. Lord, make me understand the depths of Satan and the unbounded intricacies of this spirit, which you have been pleased to preserve all its subtlety, all its depth, all …
Elevations On The Temptation And Fall Of Man: 1, The Snake
This is one in a series from Jaques-Benigne Bossuet's Elevations on the Mysteries, and specifically the Fifth Day. There is more here on the Bossuet Project. The snake was the most refined of all animals. Behold, in the apparent weakness of such a strange beginning in the recital of our misfortunes, the admirable depth of …
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For the #straightouttairondale Set, the Canonisation of Paul VI is a Brown Pants Moment
It's coming soon: Acclaimed Vaticanista Andrea Tornielli reports that a unanimous vote has taken place at a meeting of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, positively recognizing a purported miracle attributed to the intercession of Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini, 1897-1978). This development effectively paves the way for the Pontiff's 'canonization.' But the #straightouttairondale …
Catholic and Christian, the Sweet Combination
Evident in the obituary for a Texas A&M classmate (we both were engineering majors) of mine: Thomas Craig Kohutek, 63, was called home to be with the Lord January 1, 2018...A faithful servant of the Lord, Tom was an active member of St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church as well as the Knights of Columbus. …
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Christmas with the Roueché Chorale
A little bit of their recent Christmas program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlxVwnaLc7g The Roueché's are some of my favourite people. They hosted and led our Catholic Charismatic prayer group for many years, which included youth trips to the University of Steubenville. They did so while resisting the siren song of the covenant community. They are great people and …
Ecce Rex Tuus: St. Thomas Aquinas’ Christmas Sermon
For those of us who owe our theological sanity to marching through St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae and Disputed Question on Truth, his Christmas sermon, which encapsulates his method in a very nice form. Merry Christmas! The Aquinas Institute would like to give our subscribers and supporters a Christmas gift: Aquinas’s Christmas sermon Ecce Rex …
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