Gregory the Great coaches pastors and teachers how to avoid pride. He insists that teaching with authority does not mean belittling and dominating one's students, but modeling in one's life and actions the principles being preached. The apostles Paul and Peter both modeled this....
These words from Gregory the Great's Moral Reflections on Job extols how the law of the Lord is manifold in that it includes all the virtues which find their perfection in love. Here he especially comments on Paul's ode to love in I Corinthians 13. How...
Gregory the Great explains the nature of true simplicity making use of the example of Job as well as the Gospel saying of Jesus "Be cunning as serpents and yet as harmless as doves." For him simplicity must be accompanied by the fire...
In this 14 minute podcast, Dr. Italy discusses with Anna Mitchell the amazing story of St. Joan of Arc and just how she serves as a model of faith and fortitude for us today....
Often the Catholic teaching about the Eucharist or the Trinity is described as a mystery. Is this just a way of avoiding hard questions about things you can't prove? Some thoughts on what we know and don't know about God and his plan for our...
Gregory the Great here discusses the role of affliction, pain, suffering and trials in our life with God which is the great problem of the book of Job.....
The Prayer of Abandonment, written by Blessed Charles de Foucauld, is one of the most beautiful prayers of faith, trust and surrender in the Christian spiritual heritage. Memorize it, pray it often, and share it with others! [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']F[/dropcaps]ather, I abandon myself into...
In this 14 minute podcast excerpt from the SonRise Morning Show, Anna Mitchell interviews Dr. Italy on the subject of the third pillar of Lenten penance traditionally called Almsgiving but better known as mercy, service or charity. Mercy is love's response to suffering When people think...
14 minute podcast from theSonrise Morning Show with host Anna Mitchell interviewing Dr. Italy on Pope Apostolic Exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate or Rejoice and Be Glad, on the call to pursue holiness....
This excerpt from Gaudium et Spes, Vatican II's Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, affirms the sanctity of marriage and the family....