A Former Muslim Looks at Lent and Ramadan
A Muslim fasts to draw nearer to a distant God. A Christian fasts to draw nearer to a God who became man and dwelt among us.
Results from Tag: 'incarnation'
‘The Lord of the Rings’ in a Nutshell
The key to understanding LOTR is to be found in the date on which the Ring is destroyed — March 25, the feast of the Annunciation
O Great Little One! O Great Advent!
The highest aim of Advent is to revive the deep memory of a God whose Incarnation gave hope to the world.
Our Lady Said Yes to Easter When She Said Yes at the Annunciation
It all began in a little room in Nazareth, where an angel and a girl met to decide the fate of the universe.
The Angel of the Lord Declared Unto Mary
SAINTS & ART: For humanity, today is a new creation. Today, humanity was made anew.
Two Bookends of Belief: The Trinity and the Incarnation
“The Church communicates salvation first of all by keeping and proclaiming the two great mysteries of the Trinity and the Incarnation, which are like the two ‘primary sacraments,’ and then through administration of the other sacraments.” —Pope Benedict XVI
Ordinary Time Glows by the Light of Christmas Time
Christmas may well be one of those childish trifles we’re expected to put away when we grow up – but why then does the wish strangely persist?
Paul’s Proposal to the Pagans: ‘Never Was a Tale Told That Men Would Rather Find True’
We worship a God who became man, suffered death and was buried — and rose again from the grave.
Liberal Education and the Limits of Reason: The Incarnation Changes Everything
In the light of the Incarnation, nothing — especially higher education — can be seen in the same way.
Why Did He Come? Why Did God Become Man?
“God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness, freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life. … To accomplish this, when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son as Redeemer and Savior.” (CCC 1)
