Aging with Grace: The Nun Study and the Science of Old Age. How we Can all Live Longer, Healthier and more Vital Lives, David Snowdon, Fourth Estate, London (237 pp. […]
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Author: Fr Yuhanna Azize
Sagovsky on Tyrrell (Second and Final Part)
One of the criticisms Tyrrell made about other people is precisely what I would say about him: that he could “define a mystery” but so far as I can see, […]
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Sagovsky on Tyrrell (Part One)
Nicholas Sagovsky is a distinguished member of the Church of England. Since 1992, he has been a member of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC). I recently read his biography […]
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Introduction to the Maronite Faith
The third edition of this book is now available from Connor Court. It has corrected the last few typographical errors, and adds two indices: a general one, and one to […]
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Assassination Generation: Video Games, Aggression, and the Psychology of Killing, Part I
Review, Lt Col. Dave Grossman, Assassination Generation: Video Games, Aggression, and the Psychology of Killing, Little Brown and Company, NY (2016) 264 pp. This is a valuable book. It is […]
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Review, Wolfgang Smith, “Theistic Evolution: The Teilhardian Heresy”
Review, Wolfgang Smith, Theistic Evolution: The Teilhardian Heresy, Angelico Press/Sophia Perennis, 248pp. plus index I was wondering about Teilhard de Chardin’s pervasive influence on the modern Catholic Church, or perhaps […]
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Father of Truth, Behold Thy Son!
I thank His Excellency Bishop Jacob Barclay for this beautiful in prayer in both Syriac (using Hebrew Script) and English. In case you cannot read the inserted document, here is […]
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A Reflection on Latinity
It seems clear that the replacement of Latin with other languages in Mose celebrations of the Novus Ordo Mass of the Latin Catholic Church, has led to a loss of […]
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Methods of Meditation: The “Blosian” Method
The icon of St Mary of Egypt with this post was written by a friend of mine: B(T)S. I have previously mentioned Blosian meditation twice, in connection with Monsignor Robert […]
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Developments in Jewish Religion immediately before the Incarnation
Philip Jenkins has produced an interesting work, Crucible of Faith: The Ancient Revolution that Made our Modern Religious World, Basic Books, NY (2017) His thesis is that: “So much of what we think […]
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