VerbumPope Emeritus Benedict XVI is remembered as “the greatest mind to reach the papacy in a millennium.” His work on theology and biblical studies will shape the Church for centuries to come.
The word sanctorum can be the genitive plural of sancti (“saints,” that is to say, the faithful, as we find it used in St. Paul), and thus it describes the communion among the faithful. It can also be the genitive plural of sancta (“holy things”)...
Fr. Devin Roza and Fr. Andrew Dalton join us from Rome in a series of videos on how to use Verbum 10! Throughout the videos they show how to use the software to explore the topic of the Eucharist.
The new Verbum is here!
Every time I hear a story of how Verbum has helped priests and deacons in homily or bible study preparation I get so excited because that means I have freed up their time to be with their people and continue to serve the Church.
Join us in celebrating and praying for the recipients of the Catholic Biblical Association's annual Emerging Scholars Fellowship.
Por primera vez en la historia, Verbum ofrece su nueva biblioteca básica en español con acceso gratuito a partir de hoy. Presentando … ¡Verbum 9 Español Básico!
We learned this week of the death of Joseph Blenkinsopp, one of the towering figures of Catholic biblical scholarship.
Hans Urs von Balthasar is, by reputation, notoriously difficult and inaccessible. But the introduction to his magnum opus is lucid and readable:
What then, some one will say, is a Christian never allowed to desire a prominent position in society? The Christian is not forbidden to wish for anything that is good. He may desire to occupy even a high and distinguished office, if he feels himself...
For a Christian, the very consciousness that he begins to recover from spiritual sickness, already gives him both comfort and consolation, which, increasing from day to day, fill his soul with peace and joy.
I am a native New Yorker and have worked for the Catholic Church for more that 25 years. I am passionate about helping Pastors and Catholic parishes grow and thrive.
My college years were spent at Thomas Aquinas College, a small Catholic college located in Santa Paula, CA. It was here that my knowledge of the faith grew in leaps and bounds as I frequented the sacraments, read scripture, and studied the works of...
Yesterday was Sunday of the Word of God. When Pope Francis instituted the day he wrote, "It is fitting that the life of our people be constantly marked by this decisive relationship with the living word that the Lord never tires of speaking to his...
Introducing Verbum product specialist Angela Lott, who wrote a thesis comparing Pope John Paul II and Orthodox theologian Sergius Bulgakov.
When introducing St. Augustine’s theology to students, we run the risk of turning dynamic, important issues like grace and sacraments into dry, boring “head knowledge” of heresies St. Augustine refuted. I’ve found this is a special danger in my...
I ask, then, as concerns the doctrine of the Holy Trinity, such as I have drawn it out to be, is it capable of being apprehended otherwise than notionally? Is it a theory, undeniable indeed, but addressed to the student, and to no one else?
The Traditional Latin Mass, remembering Fr. Joseph Koterski, S.J. and Thomas Gordon Smith, the Catholic School and humanistic education, and early Balthasar.
Software Católico Verbum will soon be available in Brazil and for the rest of the Portuguese-speaking world!
Origen's interpretation of the Parable of the Good Samaritan begins with a paraphrase of an unnamed patristic writer:
Elgar and Faith, Reading St. Augustine in Latin, Mark Twain's favorite book, a Hillbilly Thomist goes to Rome, and the Church as an Icon of the Trinity.
If such a one now pays the penalty of his father’s wickedness, where is justice? Where is piety? Where is holiness? Where is Ezekiel, who cries: The man who has sinned is the man who must die and a son is not to suffer for the sins of his father...
Monasteries provide a wonderful opportunity as havens of prayer and hospitals for the soul in the midst of increasingly godless secularism in Western culture.
Filling empty churches, Thomas Pynchon's Jesuitism, Eucharistic coherence, the films of Terrence Malick...
Three resources soon to be available in Verbum are still available at special preorder prices.
It is better to fail to see what is with the mind and even so not draw back from the cross of Christ, than to see what is with the mind and scorn the cross of Christ.
In addition to being one of the public prayers of the Church and an important tool to study the Faith, the Liturgy of the Hours is a treasury of Christian poetry.
Liturgy isn't just any prayer! The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains that "liturgy is a constitute element of the holy and living Tradition." The liturgy, then, also is one of the ways we learn, transmit and live our faith.
The best part about owning any given resource in Verbum is not necessarily the increased functionality but the sheer convenience of having all one’s theological reference works in a single, easily-accessible location. This is especially true when...
What is the Liturgy of the Hours? At its core, it is a regular recitation of the scriptures and in particular, the Psalms, which have always been the prayerbook of God’s chosen people.