The Navarre Bible and Commentary

I finally found a scriptural resource for daily meditation that has just the right mix of scholarship and devotion:  The Navarre Bible.  This text, published by Scepter Publishers, an outreach of the The Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus…

Our New Roku box and CatholicTV

Good News out of Bawstun! Our new Roku 1 box arrived in the mail yesterday, and we rushed to set it up last night.  A Roku box, if you don’t already know, provides over a thousand TV and movie channels…

Litany of Humility

This prayer, composed by Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val (1865-1930), Secretary of State for Pope Saint Pius X, makes me squirm!  That’s probably because it hits the nail on the head. ————————————————————————- O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, Hear…

Ignatian Reflections from the Magis Center

Here’s a great daily reflection, steeped in the spirituality of St. Ignatius, on the daily readings.  Brief, but thoroughly trustworthy and orthodox.  And produced by Jesuits!  One can subscribe by clicking here. The Magis Center for Catholic Spirituality is an…

Is there intelligent life elsewhere in the galaxy?

Is there intelligent life elsewhere in the Universe?  The topic was in the news this week when astronomers at UC Berkeley and University of Hawaii released this report.  These scientists say that about 20% of sun-like stars have earth-sized planets…

Book Review: “No One Sees God – The Dark Night of Atheists and Believers”

By Michael Novak, Doubleday, 2008 “No one has ever seen God, but as long as we love one another God remains in us and his love comes to its perfection in us.” 1 John 4:12 (NJB) Novak’s states his purpose in writing…

Some good scriptural resources

Online Bibles Latin Vulgate New American Bible New Jerusalem Bible Online Bible Search Engine Revised Standard Version Online World Wide Study Bible Scriptural Resources Online Bible Search Engine Reading the Word of God with the Church Readings and Psalms for…