Category Archives: Scripture
Thank you! Moriae encomium!
Thanks to the super anonymous reader who sent in this volume, very useful for some background information. You never know what author is going to give you exactly what you are looking for even despite themselves! Very cool. Thanks so … Continue reading
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Thinking about the adulterous woman: John 7,53–8,11. I am she, as are we all.
If you knew anything about the Old City of Jerusalem and the Temple precincts, and the ferocity of the present tense in the Greek manuscripts of this incident, you would have to conclude that the whole scene was set up … Continue reading
12 Holy Souls Hermitage Heroes and Heroines — Pope Sixtus V
“Sixtus” is from “Christ”, that is “Xystus” not “six”! I have very often prayed at his tomb in the Sistine Chapel (named after him) of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major. I would go to his tomb just after visiting the … Continue reading
Accompany me, Father George David Byers, S.S.L., S.T.D., as I begin life as a Catholic Priest-Hermit by choice. Holy Souls Hermitage is dedicated to the sanctification of my fellow priests, bishops & seminarians going through the purgatory of this life or the next. I pray for benefactors daily, offering Holy Mass for their intentions about once a month. You'll have to force me to take your donations, though. Scroll down for an explanation.
