Tag: Divine Providence
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From Jerusalem To Rome: WHEN The Shadow Gave Way To The Body
Could ancient Jewish tradition have unknowingly preserved signs pointing to Christ? Yoma 39b records that several Temple signs ceased about forty years before Jerusalem’s destruction in AD 70—roughly the time of the Crucifixion. Seen alongside Hebrews, Romans, and the Gospel accounts, these traditions invite a profound reflection on the passing of the old sacrificial order,…
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The Holiness of the Given Moment
A Reflection on St. Alphonsus de Liguori’s Uniformity with God’s Will There are spiritual books that give us new ideas, and there are spiritual books that quietly take away our excuses. St. Alphonsus de Liguori’s Uniformity with God’s Will belongs unmistakably to the second category. It is astonishingly small. In the edition before us, the…
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No, the Eye in the Triangle Is Not Automatically “Illuminati”
That mysterious eye above the altar has a much more Christian meaning than social media would have you believe. Walk into an old Catholic church and look up. You may see an eye enclosed within a triangle, surrounded by clouds or brilliant rays of light. It might appear above the high altar, inside a dome,…