Blog of the Archdiocese of Washington
I live in Washington DC on East Capitol Street. If you picture the United States Capitol in your mind, one side faces the long grassy Mall where so many large gatherings and protests take place. Behind the Capitol, on the exact opposite side is a long street that stretches through the Capitol Hill Neighborhood called …
Continue reading “The Most Important Building isn’t even on the Tour!”
Archdiocese of Washington: Year of Faith series Written by: Dominican Brothers of the Province of St. Joseph Children love to ask questions. “Are angels real?” “Who was Jesus’ daddy?” “Did Jesus have a doggie?” I once heard a mother ask her daughter, “Where does God live?” The little girl immediately reached up with her left …
One of the issues most apologists of the faith, eventually and frequently encounter, is the reliability of the Scriptures as an historical reference. Does the Bible record history? It surely does. However, the Scriptures do not necessary recount history in the very technical and chronological sense we usually do (or like to think we do) …
Yesterday’s feast of the Assumption encourages a meditation on a distinctly human dignity, that of combining matter and spirit. More on that in a moment. But we begin with an important understanding of every Marian feast, namely that we do not simply celebrate something about Mary herself, but also what God, who is mighty, does …
Many of you have read the allegorical poem adapted by St, John of the Cross called Un Pastorcico (A little Shepherd). It is a poem about a shepherd boy who grieves that his beloved shepherdess has forsaken and forgotten him. In his love, and in his grief he climbs a tree, and there spreads his …
One of the unique events of this Eucharistic Congress in Dublin is the Pilgrim Walk. Noting the revival of people’sinterest in pilgrim walks, the Congress committee created the route around seven of the oldest churches in Dublin. Readers of this blog from the Archdiocese of Washington know of the annual Seven Churches Walk sponsored by …
There is an old Spiritual that says, My God is so high, you can’t over him, he’s so low, you can’t under him, he’s so wide you can’t round him, you must come in, by and through the Lamb. Not a bad way of saying that God is other, He is beyond what human words …
Continue reading “1 and 1 and 1 Makes One. A meditation on the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity”
Memorial Day, for many, means the beginning of Summer. To others, it is a day off to shop. But, as I am sure you really know Memorial Day is a day to honor those who have died in the service of this country. The word “memorial” comes from the Latin Memorare which is in an …