Meeting Pope John Paul II
Uncategorized [NOTE: As we honor the Feast of St. John Paul II on October 22, TOB Institute’s Bill Donaghy remembers when he met Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee Year 2000.] In October of the Jubilee Year 2000, a World...
Should Teresa of Avila’s Spirituality Be Held Out as a Model for All?
Uncategorized Rome, Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria of Ecstasy of St Theresa, by Bernini Gian Lorenzo, 1644 – 1652, 17th Century, marble Teresa of Avila — next to Mary the Mother of God, she may be the most famous mystic...
Saints Joachim and Anne: The Icon of Marital Love
Uncategorized Several years ago, while a Byzantine Catholic priest was giving me a tour of his church, I spotted a large, prominent icon of a couple embracing. Looking closer, I realized there was a marriage bed behind them. It was...
The Rosary and the Theology of the Body
Uncategorized Many who are familiar with Theology of the Body (TOB) know that St. John Paul II identified the problem with the modern world as a fundamental lack of understanding of the meaning and purpose of the human person. Said...
Are You Guilty of Misreading the Bible?
Uncategorized I received an email from someone in a quandary about Saint Paul saying we should “live by the Spirit” and “not by the flesh.” She, like many, seemed to think Saint Paul himself divorces flesh and spirit, saying the...
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