Posts Tagged ‘ Beatific Vision ’

Seeing Him Just as He is: The Beatific Vision

Dec 16th, 2011 | By | Category: Blog Posts

When seeking to attain an end, one must keep that end in one’s mind and heart, and ensure that one’s understanding of it is as accurate as possible, to ensure attaining that end. That is no less true in the Christian life, which has heaven as its end. But what is heaven? Is it a […]



The Harrowing of Hell

Apr 9th, 2010 | By | Category: Blog Posts

One week ago we celebrated Holy Saturday, the day between the death of Christ and His resurrection. What happened to the soul of Christ during that time? The Tradition answers this question in the line of the Apostles Creed: “He descended to hell,” referring there not to the hell of the damned, but to what […]



The Ascension and Man’s Supernatural End

May 30th, 2009 | By | Category: Blog Posts

This past Sunday we celebrated the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, the day Jesus ascended into heaven from the Mount of Olives. I was sitting in St. Clement of Rome parish church, attending the first mass offered by Fr. Eric Olson, who had been ordained a priest the previous day, listening to the […]