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Retired Priest of the Arlington Diocese
Professor of Theology and Author
STD from Holy Cross Pontifical University, Rome
Former Chair of Systematic Theology at Mt. St. Mary Seminary, Emmitsburg Maryland
Part-time Professor at Christendom College and Graduate School

• Cardinal Newman: Reflections on the Saints

  By littlemoretracts on November 1, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  On this All Saints Day, We can learn much from Cardinal Newman’s reflections on the Saints and the Church constituted by this great Communion. From Parochial and Plain Sermons Vol. 4 [Page 172] The Church then, properly considered, is that… Read More ›

• Love of Neighbor is Demanded by Love of God

  By littlemoretracts on October 28, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  30th  Sunday of Ordinary Time “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall… Read More ›

• Rendering unto God what is God’s: The Reasonable Service of Worship

  By littlemoretracts on October 21, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  29th Sunday of ordinary Time “Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.”  Mt. 22:21 Even His enemies were forced at times to publicly recognize the greatness of Jesus, His absolute integrity, His… Read More ›

• Heaven is a true Wedding Feast

  By littlemoretracts on October 14, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  28th Sunday of the Year “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a marriage feast for his son…”  Matt 22:2 There has been nothing perhaps more universal in traditional human societies than the celebration of… Read More ›

• The Way of Peace or the Way of Anxiety?

  By littlemoretracts on October 7, 2017 • ( 0 )

  27th Sunday of Ordinary Time Therefore, I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that will produce its fruit.” I wonder when we read this parable of Jesus if… Read More ›

• Love, Obedience and Humility – Our path to Heaven

  By littlemoretracts on October 1, 2017 • ( 0 )

  26th Sunday of ordinary Time Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, each looking out not for his own interests, but also for those of others. How did Jesus Christ redeem us,… Read More ›

• By littlemoretracts on September 24, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  25th Sunday of ordinary Time For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD. As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways and my… Read More ›