...also began founding new hermitages in the surrounding villages. At that time, Pope Benedict IX was a truly scandalous pope who had obtained the papacy through bribery and lived an...
Doctors of the Church: St. Peter Damian
Eastertide
Eastertide is the time of new life. Our Savior's in the first place, living for ever a life which belongs no more to the earth and which one day we...
The Jesse Tree
...needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. Isaiah 11:1-4 (NIV) A branch is a sign of new life and new beginnings. Jesus was a...
Book of Judges
...the new conditions in Israel alluded to in chs. 17-21 suggest a time after the Davidic dynasty had been effectively established (tenth century b.c.). Themes and Theology The book of...