Pope Benedict XVI on Creation and Evolution: “Complementary Realities”
In 1981, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, then Cardinal Ratzinger, developed a catechesis for adults on the creation narratives because, he noted, creation catechesis was nearly absent from teaching,...
View Article“First Human” Discovered in Ethiopia: What It Means For Catholics
Last week, Professor Brian Villmoare’s team at the University of Nevada Las Vegas reported in Science the discovery and analysis of a fossil in Ethiopia, the partial lower jaw of what is thought to be...
View ArticleEncountering the Word — Genesis 1:26-28
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the...
View ArticleEncountering the Word — John 1:1-5
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him...
View ArticleCatholic Quote of the Day — from Pope St. John Paul II
“Respect for life, and above all for the dignity of the human person, is the ultimate guiding norm for any sound economic, industrial or scientific progress. The complexity of the ecological question...
View ArticleAs It Was in the Beginning is Now, and Ever
The other night, I was frustrated with my critics, frustrated with my children, and frustrated with my disobedient German shepherds who take my donning of a coat to mean the dawning of a walk, even...
View ArticleCatholic Quote of the Day — from Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
God could not keep, as it were, the secret of His Love — and the telling of it was Creation. Love overflowed. Eternity moved and said to time: “Begin.” Omnipotence moved and said to nothingness: “Be.”...
View ArticleCatholic Quote of the Day — from Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
“The mark of man is initiative, but the mark of woman is cooperation. Man talks about freedom; woman about sympathy, love, sacrifice. Man cooperates with nature; woman cooperates with God. Man was...
View ArticleEncountering the Word — Genesis 1:1
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) Print this entry
View ArticleEncountering the Word — Genesis 1:26-28
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the...
View ArticleThe Three Views of the Human Person
There are two ways to view the world. We either attempt to see the world rightly as it was intended by the divine author, or we fancy ourselves the arbiters of truth and pronounce the nature of things...
View ArticleEncountering the Word — Psalm 19:1-2
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge.” (Psalm...
View ArticleCatholic Quote of the Day — from Pope St. John Paul II
“At stake is the dignity of the human person, whose defense and promotion have been entrusted to us by the Creator.” (Pope St. John Paul II, Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, Encyclical, 1987) October 22 is...
View ArticleEncountering the Word — John 1:1-5
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him...
View ArticleEncountering the Word — Genesis 1:1-2
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was...
View ArticleEncountering the Word — Genesis 6:5
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” (Genesis 6:5)...
View ArticleAbide with me, Lord
Deep within each of us is a hunger and thirst. For some, the feeling is so strong that it is never quite out of mind. For others, the feeling is repressed and hardly noticed, although it remains a part...
View ArticleCatholic Quote of the Day — from Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
“The mark of man is initiative, but the mark of woman is cooperation. Man talks about freedom; woman about sympathy, love, sacrifice. Man cooperates with nature; woman cooperates with God. Man was...
View ArticleEncountering the Word — Genesis 1:1-2
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was...
View ArticleCatholic Quote of the Day — from Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
“The mark of man is initiative, but the mark of woman is cooperation. Man talks about freedom; woman about sympathy, love, sacrifice. Man cooperates with nature; woman cooperates with God. Man was...
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