St. Augustine, What is Prayer?
Question 001
What is prayer?
… prayer can be compared to the breath of the soul…this life is for praying, (while) in heaven there will be no praying only praising… In prayer we turn to God alone, because… we are all beggars before God…we can only plead.
from St. Augustine Answers 101 Questions on Prayer by Fr. Ermatinger.
In the prayers of this life, […]
St. Augustine, is there Prayer in Heaven?
Question 101
Will our prayer finally come to an end in heaven?
…Augustine makes our primary occupation in heaven to be prayer…in the form of singing God’s praise with an everlasting Alleluia. “For when we come to our rest after [our Earthly] labors, God’s praise will be our sole occupation, for there [in Heaven] our task will be Alleluia […]
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An Exorcist Goes to the Movies
What better way to inaugurate a blog than to have a guest writer? Per his request, he shall remain anonymous.
Coming home from the office after a hard day’s work presents several possible scenarios for the today’s modern exorcist (henceforth known as TME):
Tune up the cello and saw off an homage to Johann Sebastian B.;
Uncase the ukulele and sing a verse of “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary” […]