The Watchman, Love, and Fraternal Correction: Ezek 33, Rom 13, and Mt 18
Watchman, love, and fraternal correction in Ezek 33, Rom 13, and Mt 18. The Word of the 23rd Sunday illuminates the duty to warn and to love.…
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“Vinum novum”: New Wineskins, Premature Judgment, and Mary Full of Grace
New wine in new wineskins: Lk 5:33-39 diagnoses those who always prefer the old. See why Mary is the wineskin God prepared to receive His grace.
“Deus incrementum dedit”: The Field of God, Service, and the Cooperation of Mary
God gives the growth: 1 Cor 3:1-9 puts the minister in his exact place. See how Simon’s mother-in-law and Mary show the right order: first…
Fire in the bones and the cross: Jer 20, Rom 12 and the logic of discipleship in Mt 16
Jeremiah, Paul and Matthew converge on the logic of discipleship: losing one's life in order to save it. Deepen the Mariological meditation on…
“Decollatus est in carcere”: John the Baptist, Martyrdom, and the Sword of Simeon
The martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist and the sword of Simeon reveal a profound theological convergence between the Precursor and Mary. Delve…
“Sepulcra dealbata”: The Whitewashed Tombs and the Interiority of Mary
Whitewashed tombs: Mt 23:27-32 denounces the divorce between seeming and being. See why Mary, full of grace, is the exact reverse of that image.
“Scoptúi te vixísti”: Capernaum, Louis IX, and Mary in Spiritual Warfare
Capernaum, Louis IX, and Mary in spiritual warfare: how the devil recognizes Christ and how the Christian responds. Let us delve deeper into…
“De nazareth aliquid boni”: Bartholomew, Mary, and the City of the Fiat
Bartholomew recognizes Jesus in Nazareth and Mary pronounces the Fiat in the same city. Explore the Mariological link between the apostle and…
You are Peter: Is 22, Rom 11, and the confession at Caesarea Philippi in Mt 16
Explore the confession at Caesarea Philippi in Mt 16 and its echoes in Is 22 and Rom 11. Christ’s promise to Peter reveals the foundation of…
“Ave, gratia plena”: the Queen of Heaven and the Foundations of Mary’s Queenship
Theological foundations of Mary’s Queenship: Ave, gratia plena reveals the royal dignity of the Queen of Heaven. Delve deeper into this…
Our Lady of Knock, the Silent Apparition
Discover the silent apparition of Our Lady of Knock and its profound mariological meaning in the light of the word of God. Delve deeper into…
Was Saint Joseph a virgin? Jerome, Thomas Aquinas, and the widower hypothesis
Was Saint Joseph a virgin? Jerome and Thomas Aquinas answer yes, against the hypothesis of the widower with children. The sources, the…
Bernard of Clairvaux, “Doctor mellifluus”: Vigilance and Marian Devotion
Bernard of Clairvaux, Doctor mellifluus, unites spiritual vigilance and Marian devotion in a unique contemplative synthesis. Explore this…
Did Mary take a vow of virginity? The question of Lk 1:34 and the theologians’ answer
Did Mary take a vow of virginity? Tradition answers yes, but it is divided about when and in what form. Lk 1:34, Thomas Aquinas, and the…
Does every human being have a guardian angel? Who, when, and until when
Does every human being have a guardian angel? Yes: the majority tradition and St Thomas extend the care to all humans, baptized or not.