Whoever has the Son has Life
In God’s grace, he has given us two witnesses that testify to the profoundly unique mystery of Jesus Christ’s having come in the flesh: the water and the blood. At Jesus’ baptism and at Jesus’ cross, our Lord physically received the sacrament of baptism and he physically bled out his life–yet in doing so he [...]
Three Glorious Days, Part III: Easter Sunday
Mark’s account of the resurrection is by far the most enigmatic of the gospel writers: When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, [...]
The Death of Death
You have somewhere written, oh Christ, that you must reign until you destroy every rule and every authority and power, and that the last enemy to be destroyed will be Death. For you have written that your reign must endure until all your enemies have been put under your feet. But how, oh Lord, will [...]
Oscar’s Last Day
Oscar Gerber, 1990-November 19, 2007. Man was appointed by God to have dominion over the beasts, and everything a man does to an animal is either a lawful exercise, or a sacrilegious abuse, of an authority by divine right. The tame animal is therefore, in the deepest sense, the only ‘natural’ animal—the only one we [...]
