3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Isaiah 8:23-9:3 Psalm 27:104, 13-14 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17 Matthew 4:12-23 January 22, 2017 Paul had helped start the Christian community at Corinth. Now, he has heard about division and immorality going on there so he writes this letter to them to help them address the situation. Today’s …
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Today (January 5th) is the Memorial of St. John Neumann. He was born in Bohemia in 1811. He came to the United States and was ordained a priest for the Diocese of New York in 1836. At that time, the diocese reached as far as Buffalo. In his first assignment, Neumann was sent to the …
I just finished reading two separate books on “Apologetics.” Before going any further I probably should provide a definition of what “apologetics” is. Patrick Madrid in his book How to Do Apologetics: Making the Case for Our Faith (Our Sunday Visitor: Huntington, IN. 2016) writes, “Apologetics is a practical way of using logic and facts …
