VerbumWhat 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.
The basis, and much of the content, of Ecclesiastical Latin is to be found in the vernacular speech of the Roman people of which but little survives in literature.
If we want to be spiritual, then, let us first of all live our lives. Let us not fear the responsibilities and the inevitable distractions of the work appointed for us by the will of God.
The three simplest words in the Latin language proclaim the great miracle of the empty tomb and Christ's defeat of death.
St. Thomas Aquinas's major works of theology remain widely read and discussed, but his homilies and academic sermons are neglected.
It is no light question, brethren, that meets us in the Gospel of the blessed John, when he says: “When Jesus had thus said, He was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.”
We are celebrating our Lord’s passion; it is the season for sighing and weeping, the season for making confession and supplication. Yet who among us is capable of shedding tears in proportion to such immense sorrow?
Only eight books remain in the Best of Benedict XVI tournament. Which will win?
This month the works of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI face off against each other to find the best.
Herbert McCabe, OP paired his love of St. Thomas Aquinas with a keen interest in the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein.